Remembrance Day means so very much to me. Water rises to my eyes when I think of what my Dad and so many other young men and women did to preserve a way of life and protect us from tyranny and corruption. I am able to paint in peace because of what happened so many years ago.
Our Father never spoke much about the war. He and two Brothers left the Chadwick Farm near Morven and went overseas to do their duty. My Dad said he never turned over bodies except once. Instinct or a premonition caused him to investigate one fallen Canadian soldier. It was his cousin. Dad came home and made a life - a fine life. They were indeed the greatest generation and so many of them did not live to contribute to the future.
The Greatest Generation is the demographic group that followed the Lost Generation and preceded the Silent Generation. The Greatest Generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. They were shaped by the Great Depression and were the primary participants in World War II. My group is that of the Baby Boomers and we followed the Silent Generation of babies born between 1927 and 1946 during which children were expected to be seen and not heard. There is much that can be learned by studying the characterisitics of the world and society during the time that shaped our personalities. Those studies fill many books and are well worth the read.
This sunset sky from a few days before was burning in my memory and I wanted to do something that might be appropriate for the special occasion of remembrance.
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