American Reacts to Heritage Minutes: Bluenose, Vancouver Asahi & John McCrae
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As an American I don't know much about Canadian history, and Canadian heritage moments are a fantastic way to learn about important events and people in Canada's past. Today I am very excited to learn about the stories of Bluenose, Vancouver Asahi and John McCrae. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
The Bluenose is on the Canadian dime.
Yes what I was going to say
It first appeared on the dime in 1937. The link pictures a 100 year commemorative 2021 version.
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and queen E 2
I’m sure Tyler will be surprised that our ten cent coin is also called a dime.
shizuokaBLUES Technically it's not. Officially it's simply called the 10-cent piece. We picked up the nicknames quarter, dime and nickel from our American neighbours.
"In Flanders Fields" is why the poppy is a symbol of remembrance for Canadians and we wear them in November.
In Britain and the commonwealth also
Wait, americans don't wear poppys? I thought we all did 😮
I don’t think you noticed but at the end of the Bluenose minute they showed the Canadian dime as the Bluenose has been on it for as long as I can remember.
lol I was about to alert him to coin at the end. Pride as an east coaster. love that remeberance!
I like the dime with the blue 'water' under the Bluenose I think for the centennial
Kaye Kamanishi-san is the last surviving member of the Asahi baseball team. He's still with us. He just celebrated his 102nd birthday just a few weeks ago.
Every Canadian knows that poem by heart. It's importance is shown to students from a young age. We memorize it as primary/elementary students.
It's very powerful. It really reminds you the privilege we have to be in a free country based on the sacrifice of others.
I remember learning and reciting it in elementary school.
It's the difference in why we have Remembrance Day and the Americans have Veterans's Day. Honouring the dead versus glorifying the soldiers.
i never thought about it that way@@CorwinAlexander
That's a false statement. I didn't even know of it and I'm 33 lol. Maybe I heard about it some time, somewhere. But if I did, I cant recall it. Frankly I hate poppies.
i have the first line memorised, and that's it
Something you'll notice about Canadian history is that we tend to own both our wins and losses. Not always, but more often than not.
Corporate is a very important lesson in Canadian losses but can't blame our soldiers but the ineptitude of the leaders making dumb ass decisions
The poem In “Flanders Fields “ is why the Poppy has become a symbol of respect for our fallen soldiers. In Canada & England , we wear a poppy over our hearts in the days leading up to November 11th. You will notice on any Canadian or English news show that from the 1-11 of November EVERYONE has a poppy. Lest we forget . ✌️💕
Coaches in the NHL also wear their Poppies as well
And in Wales as well! Are you American
@@brentwoodbay maybe that poster is like me, a Canadian "of a certain age" who grew up speaking of England, rather than the UK. Sometimes we mean just England, or in this case the poster might mean what we would now say as UK.
@@buddyneher9359 Well it is like you were an Albertan and people referred to Canada as 'Ontario'! or a Texan, and people referred to the US as 'California' ! When I first moved to Canada, it never bothered me at first, but when I was asked for the 109th time, "What part of England are you from" I had to speak up! Cymru am byth!
Canadian . @@brentwoodbay
I had the opportunity to work at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal before it closed its doors. This was where John McCrae performed autopsies. In 1902, he was appointed resident pathologist at Montreal General Hospital and later also became assistant pathologist at the Royal Victoria Hospital. In 1904, he was appointed an associate in medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital. I visited the surgical round theater where he practiced. John Mc Crae wrote two versions of his poem with the variants: In Flanders Fields the poppies blow and the variant: In Flanders Fields the poppies grow. These manuscripts were framed in the entrance hall of the Hospital. The day before he wrote his famous poem, Alexis Helmer a close friend was killed in the fighting May, 2, 1915 while serving with the 2nd Battery, 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. McCrae couldn't save him. It was he who buried the body in the absence of stretcher bearers in a makeshift grave with a simple wooden cross. Wild poppies were already beginning to bloom between the crosses marking the many graves. John McCrae was desperate and discouraged. So he gave his friend a voice through his poem. It was the second last poem he was to write. This poem is a cry from the heart to the point where it touched the whole World. In memory of this poem in Canada. Poppies are sold and worn in the lapel for our fallen soldiers on Armistice week in memory of the armistice day of 1918. We call it Rememberance day : november 11. There is a Canadian Flanders Fields stamp (Sc 487) With McCrae and his poem. Here is the stamp : postagestampguide.com/canada/stamps/15799/john-mccrae-1872-1918-in-flanders-field-1968-canada-postage-stamp I had the chance to visit the Menin Gate Memorial with my wife in 1990. It is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai in Belgium. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. This is where the body of Alexis Helmer is mentionned. You can see the photo of this 22 years old soldier here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Helmer. The real burial place is lost for ever, in Flanders fields.
I can't hear that poem without tearing up, even before I learned it in school my dad used to recite it to us from memory every Remembrance Day.
As a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces with 25 years of service, the poem "In Flanders Fields" consistently evokes deep emotions within me. Even Tyler's rendition ;-) .
Thank You for your service! My father was a retired Army Vet.
Thank you for your service
The thing I love about The Heritage Minutes is they don't hide The Truth of our past...we understand that Canada wasn't always in the forefront of human rights, however we've grown and learned from those mistakes and I truly believe we won't repeat those mistakes again...
Tyler I was so surprised that Americans do not know about John McCrae and "In Flanders Fields" - I thought everyone in the world knew of him and the poem. Every child in school learns this in Canada and still remember it all.
I think it was part of the curriculum when I went to grade school, we all had to memorize and recite it
In Flanders Field is taught to school aged children and recited on November 11th during Remembrance Day ceremonies. so most Canadians know it by heart. We wear a Poppy to symbolize the wars because of that poem.
I'm really impressed that you're watching and enjoying our Heritage Minutes. It's a great way to discover important stories about our history. As a kid, I really loved them! When they aired during station break, they replaced a commercial. I liked that! Now I'm enjoying them all over again. Merci beaucoup!
As a Japanese Canadian myself, I did a project on the internment when I was younger to learn about my unfortunate history. I interviewed my grandmother who told me all about it. She told me how her father was a fisherman in Vancouver and the government took all assets, everything away from her family. They were put in horse stalls with a bunch of other families in the others, where the conditions were horrible. They then worked for a rich family as maids and farmhands. When the war was over they relocated to Toronto. There’s a whole display and documentation of that history in the Japanese Canadian cultural center in my area.
Were your family members in the TASHME internment camp, by any chance? My spouse's grandfather was one of the community leaders in that camp. Some of his letters and his diary of camp life are posted in various places on the Internet.
We're also in Toronto, and recently had a family reunion at the JCCC. Great space & exhibits! Am grateful to all the people who helped keep the knowledge & items.
@@marianneo7068 I remember my grandmother said they were in a camp in Slocan that’s all I know. I also go to the JCCC sometimes to visit
It's a shame on Canadian history how the Canadian Japanese were treated .
@rodneyhickman825 they were treated that way because of the attack on pearl Harbour...they were our enemy at the time because of ww2...different times
I have commented on here before I am of Native decent registered with a Haudenosaunee Nation I just want to point out the Japanese were not the only ones look at what they did to the Natives how they treated and still treat us
This will tickle you. My Dad fought in WWII. At one point, they were surprised by a large number of American soldiers setting up for a USO performance. They invited the Canadians to view their show and while they were there, they started trash talking each other, the American said something about Canada’s game was hockey, but baseball is and will forever be Americas game. That went on through out the concert back and forth between two groups of soldiers and it resulted in a challenge of a baseball game to settle the question. In the next day or so each side pulled a team from the guys who were on their leave day. The result was CANADIANS WON! And here is why. The Canadians were a number of companies (8 companies at that time I think) from the Canadian Forestry Corps who were harvesting trees and turning them into milled lumber to supply the soldiers right at the frontlines. Each company had 200 soldiers that had been doing heavy labour of the lumberjack. Each company had their own baseball team and they challenged the other companies to a game on Fridays so that each team played once a week and had been doing so for the entire time they’d been overseas.For some soldiers it had been 4 years. They even played in the snow and mud as long as they had a reasonably flat piece of ground to step off a baseball field. My Dad said the American soldiers mouths dropped open when the Canadians started warming up on the infield whipping the ball around the bases doing some fancy moves. My Dad said it was one of his happiest times playing baseball the time they beat the Americans at their own game.
I love it when people share their stories like this!
@@LaurieLeeAnnie my Dad had a lot of stories to tell about those years. Meeting that American Army base and meeting the famous General Patton were two of the stories he told me over and over again and the baseball story was just a favourite and he always laughed in delight until he could barely believe it. Later in 1944 he was in the Ardennes working along side the front line soldiers. Don’t get me wrong. They were trained soldiers and they served the first years of their wartime in Scotland and England virtually deforesting the isles of trees, and shipping them over to the European continent. That’s where they met up with the fighting war battalions. They crossed the channel each company had a full sawmill on trucks so they could set up quickly and move quickly when the frontline moved. And that’s where they saw a different and darker side of the war.
What an interesting and entertaining story. Loved it, and thanks for posting it. Good for your dad!,
Except baseball is not America's game, it's Canada's. The first recorded baseball game was played in Ontario June 4, 1838. Canada invented baseball.
@@skxj really? I knew we invented basketball and hockey, but I didn’t know baseball was ours as well. Thanks for this! My Dad would have loved to know this!
I am so glad that you finally watched the minute for John McCrae
Every year, Nov 11 (Remembrance Day) Canadians wear a poppy to remember the fallen. The poem is read, the moment of silence etc. It's part of our history, but it's also very present. My nephew brought a couple WW vets to tears one year when he was 5. We were buying our poppies from them and one of the men asked him if he knew what it was for. My nephew told him everything he'd learned about the war, about the poppies about why we wear them (he was a bit of a nerdy/brainy kid). The men teared up and as we were walking away I heard one of the men say - I really thought it was all forgotten, that we were forgotten. It still breaks my heart.
They film each episode in the style of when it happens. They started filming the Heritage Minutes in 1991.
As a kid growing up in Canada, all my life I knew about the Bluenose. What she did and how many races the boat won. As well as it is an icon on our Canadian dime. Wonderful heritage minutes. We all Canadians still recite that poem on Nov.11th. As a kid going to school we learned in it from kindergarten all the way to secondary school.
My father was fortunate enough to sail on the Bluenose II on a voyage to Bermuda in January 1969. He was a guest on the voyage. The trip started out well, but they ran into some weather towards the end. A number of those aboard had film cameras and their footage of the leadup to the storm was amazing. The waves were huge. All but the sailors were ordered to stay below as the storm hit. Two sailors went overboard and sadly, only one was saved. The ship lost water cannisters and a lifeboat. The American Coastguard sent a plane that dropped supplies to them and an American Coastguard cutter escorted them the rest of the way to Bermuda. I was just 7 years old at the time so I don't remember much about when he was away, but I've since learned that my mother went to a neighbour's place for tea every day to help keep her mind off what was happening. Of course, news didn't travel as quickly as it does now, so she didn't know much other than they were sailing into the path of the storm. Thankfully, my father arrived safely, but I often think of that sailor who was lost.
Beautiful story, thank you for sharing it.
The poem is recited on Remembrence day all across Canada.
Still remember the words to it, even after 20 years.
@@jenniferrollin5777 I think it was in grade 6 I had to recited it at the assembly in the gym in front of the whole school, it was a great honor but I was so nervous 😄
@@jenniferrollin5777even longer for me and still remember them
She was named after the nickname of the Nova Scotian fishermen, Bluenosers. She was an honest Grand Banks working ship all of her life and the legend goes that it was the weather that set her keel and made her so fast. Angus Walters was her only master; and when her sails were set, they became one. That's why she retired undefeated. Despite his best efforts to hang onto her, she was sold, sent to the south. Some years later, as a cargo vessel, she parted her mooring one night and foundered, some say dying of a broken heart. Bluenose II was built primarily with donations. Legend has it that school children sent in their dimes, and that is why she appears on the dime. Angus Walters took her helm for her shakedown, and said she would never be as fast as the original. She never was.
In Flanders Field is part of the Ceremony On Rememberence Day Nov 11 In Canada
It is read in MANY countries around the world for Remembrance Day. McCrae was from my hometown of Guelph, Ontario and his home and memorabilia from WW1 is on display there.
The Bluenose got it's name from the handmade mittens that the wives of fishermen knitted for their husbands to wear at sea. Using a cheap blue dye for colouring, the cold wet conditions and blowing winds caused runny noses for the hearty fishermen.The term Bluenose or Bluenoser is often used as a nickname for Nova Scotians, and dates from at least the late eighteenth century. The first recorded use of the word was in 1785 by the Reverend Jacob Bailey, a Loyalist clergyman living in Annapolis Royal after the American Revolution. Most people don't realize that's where the name and term come from.
My Dad loved the story of the Bluenose. He even bought a very small sailboat and taught me how to sail with it. My mom lovingly named it the SS WOM for "Waste of Money."
A loving tribute. LOL.
SS WOM 😂😂😂
I was born and raised in Quebec and studied in the french system with the curriculum the Quebec government has implemented for it.... and I honestly am learning so much of these alongside you. My studies growing up focused soo much and heavily on the importance of what made Quebec Quebec.... that I barely know anything of any other provinces and territories of our country. Kinda sad. I guess it comes to show its never too late to learn and appreciate what Canada has to offer throughout its history.
That makes me sad that you don’t learn more about your fellow Canadians. We used to learn some things about Quebec in these heritage minutes. But probably not enough of that either :(
@@TheAmtwhite i am only speaking for the french schools curriculum. The english schools' curriculum is different and do learn different things fron the french. The big part is the same in both french qnd english systems but there are key points that differ. I can see that especially when I compare to my husband's education (also born and raised in Quebec): him in the english school system and me in the french school system
You missed that last little detail on the Bluenose, it's been on every Canadian dime since 1937 to this day. And the poppie flower is still the symbol of Rememberance Day because of McCrea's poem.
The Battles of Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge and The Somme...Lest We Forget.
I was honestly shocked that he never heard of “Flanders Fields”. It’s a very important poem in Canada and should be everywhere.
There is a documentary about the Bluenose and her captain, Angus Walters. It is a dramatic story, " The Queen and the Skipper." Bluenose was a working fishing schooner that also had record catches, a hard life for a ship. There was a great rivalry between the Canadians and Americans and Bluenose was built to defeat them with Walters the mover and shaker behind it. Eventually she was worn out and sold, sinking off Haiti. The govt of the time had no respect for her even though she was celebrated everywhere. Bluenose II was built in 1963 and is an active museum ship in Nova Scotia. My marine engineer uncle met Walters on the later ship, discussing relative speeds of the two ships.
Bluenose was a very fast ship and still has records for a canvas sailed ship. She was especially swift in strong winds. She was 143 ft long and had a main mast 126ft tall.
Another Nova Scotian, Donald McKay, went to Boston and designed ships including the renowned Flying Cloud extreme clipper, another speed record making ship.
The Vancouver Asahi were fantastic! The internments were a disgrace and shameful thing, both in Canada and the US. Much was racist, fear of Japan, but also jealousy and envy.
In Flanders Fields is much loved throughout the Commonwealth. It was April 1915 and the battle was Second Ypres. McRae was a surgeon dealing with the many wounded, including my grandfather. It was just a little poem he wrote but very powerful. The red poppies grow on land that was disturbed. Flanders was known for trench warfare, gas attacks, and slaughter.
Thank you for reading the poem. It brings a tear to my eye every time.. less we forget
When I attended school in the 50s, Canadian school children learned In Flanders Field. To this day, I still remember it. 🇨🇦🇨🇦
You asked what technology the Bluenose had, it had its crew! That was the secret to her success!
likely the hull shape too
The late Stan Rogers wrote a song called "Bluenose" about the famous ship. I think it's one of his more moving songs, too. You may even want to do a video on Stan Rogers and his songs, which were all about life in Canada, from reflecting on the pioneering sailors who tried to sail through the "Northwest Passage"; to the eastern fishermen that time forgot in "Make And Break Harbour"; to "The Idiot", about an easterner who moved west to Alberta to work hard and make lots of money and escape the doldrum of the dole back home, and still others: "The Mary Ellen Carter", about a crew who try to resurrect their foundered ship so she can 'rise again'; "Lies", about a farming wife and mother of seven children who sees her own aging face and can't believe it, because she still feels young; and everyone's favourite sea shanty, "Barrett's Privateers". All of his songs are great! At least, if he ever wrote a bad song I've never heard it.
Stan Rogers died aged 33 in 1983, at an airport in Kentucky, during a terrible airplane fire (Air Canada Flight 797) that killed about half of the passengers before they could escape the plane after it made an emergency landing. Legend has it that even though his seat was likely near to a door, he died because he tried to help others escape first, and then succumbed to smoke inhalation before he could make it out himself.
The album "Live in Halifax" is probably his best and has most of his greatest songs, although "Northwest Passage" contains a lot of the most notable hits too.
Before the ship blue nose was a nickname of nova scotian sailors they commonly wore blue mitts and the dye would rub off on their noses. Though my sources aren't official they are from grandparents who grew up in a small nova scotia fishing town.
I appreciate that you do a bit of research in addition to just watching these videos. Context is important and your in-depth searches adds value to your content and sets you apart from most "reaction" videos. Keep it up! Cheers!
“Hey McCrae, this ain’t half bad!”. This is why I love this channel.
That's why they call us Bluenoser's lol
It's actually not. Nova Scotians are called "Bluenosers" because the fishermen wore mitts that were dyed blue. When they wiped their noses with the back of their hand, it would leave some dye on it and make their noses blue. The ship is named "Bluenose" because it's named after Nova Scotians.
" In Flanders Fields" and John McCrae are so important to Canadians that some $10 bills have the entire poem written on them near the bottom right corner on the back
In school 30 years ago, we had to memorize this poem. I can still quote it today. 🍁
In grade school, the poem In Flanders Fields was one of the first things we learned about WWl, around our Remembrance Day on November 11.
I'm not sure you noticed it, but at the end of the 'Bluenose' video, it showed a Canadian Dime(10 cents), with the Bluenose is on it.
Love that you're watching the Heritage minutes. Looking forward to the next video.
I was yelling at the screen and pointing to the dime, Look at the picture, it's on the dime! But he didn't hear me. Oh well. Hopefully he saw it when he edited the video.
Tyler first "Canadian heritage minute" video was broadcast in 1991 & are depicted in historical period costumes. FYI Canada has won many awards for documentaries i.e. Canadians OSCAR Nominations x13 ... Winning 4 for Best Feature Doc; for Best Short Doc Canada nominated x 16 ...Winning 4. Altogether considering population & size of film industry is quite impressive!
It was nice to see Tyler looking into and reading In Flanders Fields after the video, but if he hadn't spoken as soon as the action stopped he would have heard the poem spoken in the Canadian Heritage Minute video. He doesn't seem to always realize that the ending can be important too (like mentioned in other comments here, the bluenose ship in on the Canadian dime, which was shown at the end of its video).
These are the best ...and I've mentioned before about hinterland who's who...were very similar as well.. all of us Canadian kids grew up on these...very special to all of us......the true North strong and free!! 😊
The sails on ships makes the speed of the Bluenose, today's ships reflect high sails make the speed. the Lavagabond Trimaran could be close to what the Bluenose was, and is on the Canadian dime. I recall having to say the poem in Flanders fields on November 11th as a child, elders didn't waant the wars forgotten.
“In Flanders field” is printed in its entirety on the back of one of the older Canadian ten dollar bills.
I’m originally from Nova Scotia, we are also nicknamed Bluenosers, the Bluenose also was used to smuggle rum from the Caribbean to Canada because nobody could catch it
It is how the Bluenose ended that breaks my heart. She was a great symbol of Canada and beloved by all. "In Flanders Fields" is one of the reasons the poppy became a symbol of remembrance of the first world war. It is powerful and I cry every time I heart it.
I love your Heritage Minutes videos. As a Canadian I have been watching them as long as I can remember. I enjoy reliving them through your eyes. The In Flanders Fields poem gets me every time. It’s so powerful and beautifully written. Even just hearing it in this clip made me tear up. Thank you for sharing this ❤
Go Tyler Go More More More...
I just moved to NS and had the pleasure of touring the deck of the Bluenose. She's absolutely stunning. She's in tip top shape, gleaming! I believe student sailors spend their summers on board sailing her/learning the lines around Nova Scotia . She's really quite breathtaking in person.
Hey Tyler, our nickname for a person from Nova Scotia is a Bluenoser! & a replica of the Bluenose still sails today! Great video, keep them coming!!
David Suzuki and his family were interned in BC.
What most don't know is EVERYTHING the people had, businesses, homes, farms, land were all CONFISCATED and sold to others.
David Suzuki is someone internationally well known.
The US did the same thing to US citizens of Japanese heritage.
To be fair, that’s par for the course for most Canadians. We’ve all hand lands and property confiscated by the government at one period or another, just ask French Canadians.
That makes Japanese Canadians just as Canadian as the rest of us lol
I know David personally. He was exceptionally kind to me, before he discovered my diagnosis and how ill I was. He has a tremendous, dedicated heart both to his family, those close to him, along with his fellow humankind and our beautiful Earth and the creatures within it!
We have spoken about the time both he and his family were interned...a truly tragic and painful experience, of which most turned into a boon…Amazingly!
This is where David developed his deep interest in what would become his life’s work. He is a beautiful example to us all, and truly makes me proud to be a friend and fellow Canadian! He has also deeply ingrained his values into his children with the seldom known contributions of his brilliant, dedicated, and patient wife. It’s not easy to stand in the “shadow” of such celebritity…of which she has done a tremendous job! The Suzuki family is a group of beautiful, celebrated, mixed heritage, like many Canadians, of which we can identify.
Thank you for mentioning David and the tribulations both the Japanese Canadians and Americans faced during WWII. Lest we forget the lessons of our past…TOLERANCE and above all KINDNESS to our fellow global citizens are both needed just as fervently, as it’s ever been!
Cheers🇨🇦
My father was born in the same interment camp as David Suzuki. To parents that were both born in Canada. They were NEVER given back any of their belongings. The trauma can cause generational issues. The recent enactment of the Emergencies Act was terrifying for those raised or born in internment camps in Canada.
@Viennery I'm not sure you understand the extent of what happened to the Japanese Canadians. None of it is "par for the course for most Canadians."
Half of my family is French Canadian. Half of my spouse's family is Japanese Canadian. I am part of both communities. And I'm telling you, there is no contest. The Japanese have had it so very much worse.
Let's set aside the seized homes and businesses, which was bad enough. They lost everything ELSE, too. School, jobs, friends/neighbours, every single possession that couldn't be jammed into a suitcase. Worst of all, they were split up & sent to different camps, and later were scattered all over the country because they had to go wherever some stranger was willing to take a chance on helping or hiring them. (Very few were allowed to return to BC). Many never saw each other again.
@@marianneo7068 you clearly don’t know history, because the Acadians literally went through a genocide with all their lands and properties taken, women raped, churches burned, etc.
The government then imposed strict rules on these French Canadians by allowing no more than 10 families per town within a certain distance from each other to intentionally prevent their population increasing.
The government continued to sieze land from the Acadian up until the late 1960’s when enough was enough and revolts forced New Brunswick to adopt bilingual rights and finally treat Acadians as equal.
Tyler your reading of Flanders Fields brought me to tears
The Bluenose is shown on the Canadian dime, so like all Canadians I have seen it all my life even though I didn't know the details of the story. Likewise, we grew up reciting In Flanders Fields every year on Remembrance Day, so that is well-known to every Canadian as well. But to my shame, and my country's shame, I was today years old when I learned about the Asahi baseball team. And I live in Vancouver! Thanks for showing these Heritage Minutes, Tyler, and being so appreciative of them. I learn from them too.
I didn't know of The Flanders Field poem until watching this video, but I do know what is in my humble opinion the most powerful line of the text "To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high". It has been adopted by the Montreal Canadiens, the most storied franchise in NHL history, as their motto, with the torch being a symbol of the memory of the past being passed on. Whenever there is a special pregame ceremony, we sometime get to see all the living past captains being gathered and passing around a lighted torch, from the oldest to the youngest.
Now I can say that I truly understand where this all comes from.
Heritage Minutes are really great.
Not gonna lie, I'm not entirely shocked a Habs fan had no clue the poem wasn't about themselves 😂 good lord 😅
@@northerngurl6178 Yup, we are not taught that in our History class. I bet that are a lot of things canadians are taught in their History classes that we are not, just as there are probably many things that we are taught in Québec that other Canadians don't even have a clue about. This kind of proove the point that if there are two History classes in a country, it basically means that there are two countries... Just sayin'.
@@shalewarbringer7848 you haven't proven anything, how do you know what I was taught in history class? You just decided for yourself then came to a conclusion, and by the way, if you think Quebec is a separate country, your geography is even worse 😆
Of course, I, as many others, know the poem by heart from my childhood, then hear it every year in my adulthood during every Remembrance Day ceremony. Years ago, being military, my husband and I visited the place in Flanders where John McRae was said to have written the poem. A few concrete bunkers were left that were the makeshift hospital. The wearing of the poppy also reached 100 years a few years ago.
The Polish song "Czerwone maki na Monte Cassino" ("The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino" ) was also written by a poet who witnessed fields of red poppies growing on a recent battlefield (Monte Cassino in Italy during World War 2). Not sure if it was inspired by "In Flanders Fields" but it evokes just as powerful emotions. For many Poles it is an unofficial second anthem.
That’s amazing - I had no idea! My grandfather fought in the Italian Campaign, but nearly everything I know about it, I learned from others. I guess that’s how you know it was bad.
It's a famous WW1 poem, john is my favourite Canadian from WW1
The reading of "In Flanders Fields" gets me every time. Always will.
We toured through france, belgium and the netherlands last summer with the Bridgewater Fire Department Band, playing last post ceremonies at commonwealth war memorials. Our first stop was at tyne cot cemetery. Playing the last post, lament, reveile, and paying respect to our fallens soldiers while standing amongst the thousands upon thousands of graves, with those very poppies growing among them... was humbling.
World War 1 changed that region forever. And that poem is more and more haunting and moving every year that i hear it, because fewer and fewer canadians are being taught to properly respect the sacrifice our soldiers made in those wars.
Remembrance Day ceremonies get smaller every year, with fewer living veterans, and they keep making it shorter and less of a big deal. Fewer and fewer businesses close for the day, people seem put out by having to deal with traffic from the parades and services, or they just treat it as a day off... i remember when the ceremonies were a few hours long, packed with people, rows of decorated war heroes paying respect to their fallen comrades. It was always cold, always solemn, and always long. Enduring remembrance day every year was a small sacrifice to pay tribute to so many who died.
The whole town used to stop at 11am on november 11. Not a car would move, not a word would be spoken. The bugler plays the last post, then 2 minutes of deathly silence, then every siren and bell in town would ring as a bomber flies low over the ceremony, then the lament by the piper, then reveile. Wreaths upon wreaths placed by the cenitaph, each one read off as to who it honoured, then the name of every local soldier who died in every major conflict is read off, prayers, speeches, the reading of in flanders fields, hymns, the parade to and from the cenitaph from the legion hall, itd run from 10am to well into the afternoon.
Now, a lot of the things are still there, but so many fewer wreaths, the names seem to take far less time, nothing extra, the crowds are barely an eighth of the size, and the traffic hardly slows down.
"If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in flanders fields."
...lest we forget, becomes a far more harrowing phrase as more people do.
November 11th is Remembrance Day for Canadians, Veterans Day for Americans. In schools all over Canada (with some exceptions), Remembrance Day is marked by a moment of silence as well as a school assembly where the student body is expected to learn the poem and recite it. In my high school, the drama club always performed a set of scenes surrounding WWI, and concluded with the poem reading and a moment of silence.
As a child we had to memorize and sometimes recite this poem around Remembrance Day, 11th of November. My great uncle was buried at Flanders, so this was always very important to my family. 🌺
The Canadian/American actor, Colm Feore (House of Cards), played Colonel John McCrae in the heritage minute. The poem used to be read on Remembrance Day, Nov. 11, every year in schools and community services. I had the honour of reciting it in my school one year.
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We used to sing In Flanders Fields with the most haunting tune. It's forever embedded in my memory
In my area, PEI, we satarted learning "In Flander's Field" om grade 1. By grade 3, we all had it memorized and quoted it every year in school on Rememberance Day, Canada's day to remember our fallen soldiers. I can still quote it word for word many years later
"In Flanders' Fields" is a war poem that's often recited at Remembrance Day assemblies. And it's recited at Remembrance Day ceremonies. (Remembrance Day is November 11.) And students in Grades 7 or 8 are often introduced to the poem as well. I've heard and read that poem so many times, I have it all memorised.
You should really hear the poem. It is very powerful.
We get taught "In flanders fields" pretty much since kindergarten. It is very haunting.
We have Poppies as our symbol to remember the sacrifice of so many during war for our freedom.
In November, the military and service members hold Rememberance Day ceremonies to honor the fallen. All over Canada, at 11:00 am Nov. 11 - 11.11.11 - civilians in schools, businesses, wherever, hold a minute of silence in remembrance. As an Army Brat, I always says a small prayer of thanks. They fought for us so we don't have to.
The first two lines of In Flanders Fields never fails to make me tear up
Every SINGLE time…. While you were reading the poem, “ In Flanders Fields”, tears welled up in my eyes.
Every child in Canada can recite In Flanders Fields as we learn it young for Remembrance Day festivities. The poppy is the official symbol of this holiday and they are sold outside stores for weeks ahead of every Nov 11. The money donated goes to all war veterans and most Canadians proudly sport a poppy on their coat. I think learning this poem & it’s true meaning about the human cost of war while we are young makes us generally more particular about only resorting to that option when it is the morally correct choice and supporting our veterans. There’s a reason Canada didn’t go to many of the questionable wars of opportunity or morality that the US was involved in.
But we ARE known as Peacekeepers
A line from "In Flanders Fields" is inscribed on the wall of the Montréal Canadiens dressing room.
"To you from failing hands, we throw the torch. Be yours to hold it high".
This poem is carved in stone in the tower of our national parliament building. In Ottawa people gather in tours of the building and look up to the top of this tower and read down the wall the infamous poem "In Flanders Fields." By John McCrae. They are words held in deep reverence by Canadians for all of the fallen, in the Great War and all future wars.
Bluenoser is a nickname for Nova Scotians. I grew up here, and have seen that ship sooo many times. It has been refurbished (at the original Lunenburg shipyard), and is a huge attraction in Halifax. I got to go on it once (docked in the harbour) on a field trip in elementary school.
As the end of the video shows. the Bluenose is prominent on our dime.
It is a poem we had to memorize in grade 5, it is a poem that is still in my head all these decades later.
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Yes, the poem In Flander's field is the poem recited during Rememberance day to honor the soldiers who died during WW1 and WW2
We even have a picture of her on our dime
In Flanders Fields still to today bring tears to many eyes within the British Commonwealth every November the 11th
If you are ever in Lunenburg Nova Scotia, go to the fisherman's museum and on the second floor you will find a lot of Bluenose racing memorabilia including the trophies that they won during this time. On another note the racing continues to this day between Lunenburg and Massachusetts as dory races. Extremely entertaining and very competitive.
All Canadian school kids learn “In Flanders FIelds” and it is sung to music or recited at Remembrance Day assemblies at school.
I’m glad you found the one on John McCrae. It’s beautiful and haunting. I remember memorizing this in school and I can still recite it by heart. We’d go to the cenotaph and attend Remembrance Day ceremonies. It’s a stat holiday now. Our Remembrance Day is like a combination of your Memorial Day and Veterans Day. We honour both the living and dead veterans November 11.
I don't know if anyone had mentioned it, but the internment camps were in the Canadian Rockies, in the region known as the Kananaskis Country. When the German POWs were placed in these camps, they thought that Canada was small and the few that escaped, wandered for days, until they found the camp and joyfully returned to the camp, as the escapees found out how big Canada is.
The Bluenose has graced our dime forever.
In Flanders Fields, that is why everyone wears a Poppy on Remembrance Day
I, A CANADIAN HAVE BEEN LEARNING ALONG WITH YOU ..THANKS MUCH!
In Flanders Fields always chokes me up. It’s a poem that we all learn in grade school and is recited in most Remembrance Day programs to this day.
Tyler, online, there can be found a video of Donald Sutherland reading this poem. Many Canadians have read this poem over the years and TH-cam has a lot of them.
Where I grew up in Vancouver, Flanders field was quoted every remembrance day ( Nov 11) during the remembrance day ceremony. You HAVE to watch a few videos of people quoting it.
I remember reciting In Flander's Fields in elementary school on Remembrance Day (Nov 11), the Canadian equivalent of Veteran's day. It is a very well known poem in Canada, although I am not sure the younger generations know it.
Flanders Fields always makes me teary eyed
The blue nose is a real proud moment for Canada and it is even On our dime to this day.
I think all school children learn "In Flanders Fields". I can still recite the whole thing from memory. There's another famous war-time poem called "High Flight" written by Royal Canadian Air Force pilot. I don't know if they did a Heritage Minute about it because he was kind of international; born in China by a missionary, schooled in China, England, the USA, and joined the Canadian Air force.
Robert McCrea was taking a short break between operating on the next wounded soldier and wrote the poem in about 15 minutes.
During a break from treating the wounded, he takes a moment and writes this poem.