My wife and I watched early in the morning on the 11th a touching Remembrance Day ceremony televised from our country’s capital. As the cameras panned across the scene and the crowd I noticed two things that disturbed me. Most obvious and standing in sharp contrast to what we saw at that kind of ceremony even just five years ago the number of heavily armed policemen and women shocked me. It wasn’t the only thing that bothered me about what I noticed among that massive crowd on Parliament Hill.
Later, at eleven we watched a wonderful Remembrance Day ceremony in our town that was witnessed by many local citizen. While less noticeable and less heavily armed the police presence making the rounds near the cenotaph stood out to me. Have you noticed what changes have occurred in our great country in just a few years that even at Remembrance Day ceremonies where we honor those who had been willing to die for our freedom we may not be safe? Are we taking notice and are we ready and willing to stand on guard? 
Books and banter by W.H.Manke 
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