[{"text": "'S", "start": 823.188, "end": 873.472}, {"text": ">> HELLO, WELCOME TO OUR ANNUAL REMEMBERANCE DAY BROADCAST. I'M THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE HAMILTON VETERANS COMMITTEE.", "start": 890.389, "end": 895.861}, {"text": "I'M SPEAKING YOU TODAY ON JUNE 6th 2024. THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS.", "start": 895.861, "end": 902.534}, {"text": "I AM IN FRONT OF ONE OF 121 ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY VESSELS THAT WERE IN THE SEA THAT DAY IN", "start": 902.534, "end": 908.34}, {"text": "FRONT OF JUNO BEACH. TOGETHER WITH 240 AIRCRAFT FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, THEY SUPPORTED 14,000 SOLDIERS", "start": 908.34, "end": 914.713}, {"text": "WHO STORMED THE BEACH THAT DAY. WE SUFFERED OVER 1000 CASUALTIES. MANY OF WHOM WERE LOST IN THE", "start": 914.713, "end": 921.553}, {"text": "FIRST WAVE OF THE ATTACK, AND MANY OF THEM FELL IN THE FIRST MINUTE OF LANDING ON THE BEACH.", "start": 921.553, "end": 929.194}, {"text": "WE THINK OF THEM TODAY AND THE COMRADES THAT CAME BEFORE AND AFTER THEM, PAST AND PRESENT, AS", "start": 929.194, "end": 934.767}, {"text": "WE REFLECT ON THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE WITH UNWAVERING GRATITUDE. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.", "start": 934.767, "end": 945.01}, {"text": "[ \u266a\u266a ]", "start": 945.01, "end": 987.753}, {"text": "[ \u266a\u266a", "start": 987.753, "end": 1002.033}, {"text": ">> WE ARE OUT HERE ALSO REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR US.", "start": 1002.033, "end": 1009.674}, {"text": ">> IT FEELS VERY STRANGE BEING HERE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT RAINING. I DO NOT HAVE WATER DRIPPING OFF", "start": 1009.674, "end": 1014.913}, {"text": "OF MY HAT ON TO MY NOSE. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THIS--", "start": 1014.913, "end": 1020.352}, {"text": "BEING HERE FOR I GUESS 50 YEARS", "start": 1020.352, "end": 1025.423}, {"text": "IN A ROW, I HAVE BEEN TO THE CENOTAPH SERVICE, I HAVE ALWAYS", "start": 1025.424, "end": 1030.928}, {"text": "FOUND IT VERY EMOTIONAL. THE EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE IS VERYR", "start": 1030.929, "end": 1041.04}, {"text": "THE HAMILTON POLICE SERVICES, YOU WERE ALSO IN THE SCHOOL BOARD TEACHING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING", "start": 1041.04, "end": 1047.412}, {"text": "TIME OUT TODAY AND REFLECTING. AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-- FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHAT", "start": 1047.412, "end": 1056.021}, {"text": "ROLE DID THE HIDEOUT PLAY?", "start": 1056.021, "end": 1062.927}, {"text": ">> MY EXPERIENCE WITHOUT GOES FAR BEYOND MY SHORT-TERM THE BOARD. I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR 22", "start": 1062.927, "end": 1070.536}, {"text": "YEARS, AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE-- PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED WITH ME WHEN I STARTED ARE STILL THERE.", "start": 1070.536, "end": 1078.677}, {"text": "WE HAVE ONE VOLUNTEER WHO SERVED ON HAIDA IN THE KOREAN WAR. YOU CAN TELL HE IS A FAIR A FEW", "start": 1078.677, "end": 1085.851}, {"text": "YEARS OLDER THAN I AM. AND THE DEDICATION THAT THOSE", "start": 1085.851, "end": 1094.059}, {"text": "VOLUNTEERS BRING TO THE SHIP AND TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH PARKS CANADA AND KEEPING IT GOING, IS IMPRESSIVE.", "start": 1094.059, "end": 1104.402}, {"text": ">> DURING THE WARS, HMCS TRAN-- HMCS HAIDA, AND THE SAILORS, THE", "start": 1104.402, "end": 1109.641}, {"text": "TYPE OF LIFE THAT THEY LIVED IN HELPING TOWARDS THE COMMON GOAL. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE", "start": 1109.641, "end": 1116.148}, {"text": "LEARNED FROM YOUR RESEARCH, YOUR STUDIES, AND HOUTHI HAIDA REALLY MADE ITS IMPACT.", "start": 1116.148, "end": 1125.29}, {"text": ">> HAIDA WAS ONE OF FOUR DESTROYERS THAT CANADA HAD", "start": 1125.29, "end": 1131.463}, {"text": "DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. WE GOT FOUR MORE AFTER THE WAR. AND HAIDA GOT THE NICKNAME OF", "start": 1131.463, "end": 1138.403}, {"text": "THE FIGHTING HIS SHIP IN THE CANADIAN NAVY. WERE EVER THERE WAS ACTION, SHE", "start": 1138.403, "end": 1145.21}, {"text": "SEEMED TO BE THERE, AND SHE SANK MORE ENEMY SURFACE VESSELS THAN ANY OTHER SHIP IN THE CANADIAN", "start": 1145.21, "end": 1150.616}, {"text": "NAVY. SOME PEOPLE ON OTHER SHIPS", "start": 1150.616, "end": 1157.189}, {"text": "THOUGHT SHE WAS A GLORY HOUND. BUT IT IS INTERESTING.", "start": 1157.189, "end": 1163.829}, {"text": "HER CAPTAIN, HARRY DEWOLF, HAS NOW BEEN MEMORIALIZED BY THE ARCTIC AND OFFSHORE PATROL", "start": 1163.829, "end": 1170.135}, {"text": "VESSEL WHICH WAS JUST HERE IN", "start": 1170.135, "end": 1176.007}, {"text": "HAMILTON. HAIDA'S FIRST EXPEDITION WAS TO", "start": 1176.007, "end": 1181.48}, {"text": "NORTHERN RUSSIA, AND SHE WAS THERE ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1943 DURING THE BATTLE OF NORTH CAPE.", "start": 1181.48, "end": 1191.423}, {"text": "THEN BACK DOWN TO THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PREPARING FOR THE INVASION OF NORMANDIE.", "start": 1191.423, "end": 1197.028}, {"text": "CLEARING THE CHANNEL OF ENEMY VESSELS.", "start": 1197.028, "end": 1203.135}, {"text": "AND THEN HELPING ASIAN FORCES TO", "start": 1203.135, "end": 1208.874}, {"text": "KEEP EVERYBODY GOING ACROSS TO NORM A SAFE.", "start": 1208.874, "end": 1214.379}, {"text": ">> OF COURSE IT WAS NOT THE MOST EASIEST LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE SAILORS ON HMCS HAIDA.", "start": 1214.379, "end": 1222.587}, {"text": "IF ANYONE HAS TAKEN A TOUR ON CANADA DAY, IF NOT, I SUGGEST YOU DO THAT.", "start": 1222.587, "end": 1227.693}, {"text": "YOU CAN GO ON FOR YOU. YOU TAKE THAT TOUR AND WONDER, WHAT WAS LIFE REALLY LIKE LIVING", "start": 1227.693, "end": 1236.001}, {"text": "ON THE HAIDA? >> I LIKE TO TALK TO KIDS WHEN THEY COME ON BOARD.", "start": 1236.001, "end": 1242.808}, {"text": "AND I ASKED THEM IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ROOM, AND THE ANSWER IS USUALLY YES. AND I ASK HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO", "start": 1242.808, "end": 1249.581}, {"text": "SHARE YOUR ROOM WITH 50 OF YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS. OTHER PEOPLE SAY WELL, WHERE IS", "start": 1249.581, "end": 1256.855}, {"text": "THE CAFETERIA? WELL, YOU ARE HERE. WHERE DO THEY SLEEP? HERE. WHERE DO THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO", "start": 1256.855, "end": 1264.462}, {"text": "RELAX? HERE. THE OTHER THING THAT I TALK ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE", "start": 1264.462, "end": 1271.236}, {"text": "WEARING WOOLLEN CLOTHING. THERE WAS NO LAUNDRY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. YOU DID YOUR OWN LAUNDRY IN A", "start": 1271.236, "end": 1278.61}, {"text": "BUCKET. AND EVERYBODY SMOKED. SO YOU ARE IN A SPACE WHERE THERE IS WHAT WOOLLEN CLOTHING", "start": 1278.61, "end": 1285.95}, {"text": "AND FOOD AND CIGARETTE SMOKE AND ALL THE OTHER SMELLS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY HOMEY", "start": 1285.95, "end": 1296.094}, {"text": "PLACE. >> I KNOW THAT ONE OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS PUT UP A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY IT", "start": 1296.094, "end": 1301.633}, {"text": "REMEMBERING THE VETERANS AND THOSE THAT SERVED AND ALSO WENT TO CATHEDRAL. I HAVE BEEN THERE, AND DO LOOK", "start": 1301.633, "end": 1307.973}, {"text": "AT THESE PHOTOS AND YOU LOOK AT THEIR AGES, AND YOU LOOK AT HOW YOUNG THEY WERE. THESE WERE NOT MEN WHO HAD A LOT", "start": 1307.973, "end": 1318.049}, {"text": "OF LIFE EXPERIENCE. THEY WERE CALLED IN TO THE WAR, FRESH-FACED AND YOUNG.", "start": 1318.049, "end": 1324.456}, {"text": "TO THE PEOPLE WATCHING TODAY, CAN YOU GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT WAS LIKE AND WHAT", "start": 1324.456, "end": 1329.728}, {"text": "THEIR LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE AT THAT TIME? >> THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CREW", "start": 1329.728, "end": 1336.067}, {"text": "WOULD HAVE BEEN NAVAL RESERVISTS. WITH PERHAPS TWO OR THREE MONTHS", "start": 1336.067, "end": 1343.408}, {"text": "EXPERIENCE, FRESH OFF OF FARMS OR FACTORIES. PROBABLY IN THEIR LATE TEENS.", "start": 1343.408, "end": 1349.614}, {"text": "MAY BE SOME OLDER IN THEIR EARLY TWENTIES. FIRST TIME AWAY FROM HOME.", "start": 1349.614, "end": 1358.99}, {"text": "PERSONALLY I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE BEING THRUST IN TO THAT ENVIRONMENT.", "start": 1358.99, "end": 1365.097}, {"text": ">> AND I HOPE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE THINK ABOUT THAT. WHAT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN LIKE IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GOT THAT", "start": 1365.097, "end": 1371.436}, {"text": "CALL. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO STEP UP FOR YOUR COUNTRY. AS YOU HAVE LIVED YOUR LIFE HERE", "start": 1371.436, "end": 1376.575}, {"text": "IN HAMILTON AND SET THE ROUTES HERE, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CONTINUALLY OBSERVE AND", "start": 1376.575, "end": 1384.449}, {"text": "NOTICE IN REGARDS TO HOW IMPORTANT REMEMBERANCE DAY IS, AND THE PEOPLE THAT COME OUT DO", "start": 1384.449, "end": 1391.99}, {"text": "REMEMBER? >> I GREW UP IN HAMILTON AND I", "start": 1391.99, "end": 1397.696}, {"text": "LIVE IN CALEDONIA NOW. A SMALL TOWN. I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY HAVE", "start": 1397.696, "end": 1403.368}, {"text": "THREE OR 400 AT THE CENOTAPH RIGHT NOW IN CALEDONIA. THE SAME KIND OF ATMOSPHERE AND", "start": 1403.368, "end": 1412.544}, {"text": "UC PEOPLE HERE THAT YOU DO NOT SEE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. THEY COME OUT BECAUSE THEY KNOW", "start": 1412.544, "end": 1418.717}, {"text": "THAT IT IS IMPORTANT. AND THAT CONNECTION.", "start": 1418.717, "end": 1425.257}, {"text": "AS WE GET MORE DISTANT FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THERE ARE", "start": 1425.257, "end": 1433.198}, {"text": "FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER THEIR OWN FAMILY CONNECTIONS.", "start": 1433.198, "end": 1438.303}, {"text": "AND IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE", "start": 1438.303, "end": 1445.01}, {"text": "PEOPLE REMEMBERING THOSE THAT SERVE BEFORE THEM. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY", "start": 1445.01, "end": 1450.115}, {"text": "MEMBERS SERVE IN THE WAR? >> ON THE 1ST OF JUNE-- PARDON ME, FIRST JULY--", "start": 1450.115, "end": 1461.226}, {"text": "1ST OF JULY, 1916, MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WENT OVER THE TOP. HE WAS WOUNDED.", "start": 1461.226, "end": 1467.732}, {"text": "IT TURNS OUT HE IS LUCKY THAT HE WAS. BECAUSE THAT IS HOW I CAME ABOUT", "start": 1467.732, "end": 1474.406}, {"text": "LATER ON. AND MY PATERNAL-- MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS IN", "start": 1474.406, "end": 1480.679}, {"text": "THE 38TH BATTALION OF THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS TWICE WOUNDED PERIODS MY", "start": 1480.679, "end": 1487.318}, {"text": "FATHER SERVED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WITH THE ROYAL CORP. OF SIGNALS IN PERSIA.", "start": 1487.318, "end": 1494.793}, {"text": "AND MY FATHER IN LAW SERVED ON MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.", "start": 1494.793, "end": 1500.298}, {"text": "SO THERE'S A DEFINITE FAMILY CONNECTION. >> I THINK THAT IS AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. YOU TALK ABOUT THE INJURIES AND", "start": 1500.298, "end": 1506.638}, {"text": "HOW THEY SURVIVED THEM, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WERE BEING BROUGHT TO CLEAN STERILE HOSPITALS.", "start": 1506.638, "end": 1513.778}, {"text": "YOU WERE ON THE BATTLEFIELD THERE, BEING LOOKED AFTER, BEING BANDAGED UP, AND MORE OFTEN THAN", "start": 1513.778, "end": 1519.317}, {"text": "NOT MAY BE THROWN RIGHT BACK OUT THERE AGAIN? >> I NOTE THAT MY ONE", "start": 1519.317, "end": 1524.523}, {"text": "GRANDFATHER WAS WOUNDED TWICE, ABOUT 30 DAYS APART.", "start": 1524.523, "end": 1532.03}, {"text": "CLEARLY PATCHED UP AND BACK IN TO THE TRENCH.", "start": 1532.03, "end": 1537.969}, {"text": ">> MR BELL, WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT BEFORE WE GET ON WITH THE CEREMONIES. SO I WILL GIVE THIS LAST-MINUTE", "start": 1537.969, "end": 1543.575}, {"text": "TO YOU. ANY FINAL WORDS TO THE PEOPLE STANDING HERE WATCHING LIVE OR", "start": 1543.575, "end": 1549.314}, {"text": "ON TV RIGHT NOW, SIR? >> MY THOUGHTS NOW GO TO THOSE", "start": 1549.314, "end": 1555.22}, {"text": "MEMBERS OF OUR CANADIAN FORCES WHO ARE SERVING. THE BRIGADE IN LATVIA, THE", "start": 1555.22, "end": 1563.595}, {"text": "MEMBERS OF THE NAVAL RESERVE HERE AT STAR, INTO MY OWN SON--", "start": 1563.595, "end": 1570.101}, {"text": "SON, WHO IS A COMMANDER IN THE CANADIAN NAVY AND CURRENTLY SERVING IN OTTAWA. BUT HIS LAST POSTING WAS IN HMCS", "start": 1570.101, "end": 1579.277}, {"text": "HARRY DEWOLF WHEN SHE CIRCUMNAVIGATED NORTH AMERICA.", "start": 1579.277, "end": 1585.383}, {"text": "SO HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO HIS DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL TODAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE", "start": 1585.383, "end": 1592.357}, {"text": "THERE TO SEE THAT. >> MR BELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME INTO WORDS AND PASSING ALL THE HISTORY ALONG TO ALL OF US.", "start": 1592.357, "end": 1600.164}, {"text": "IT IS MY HONOUR TO THROW IT TO MR MIKE REHE'LL.", "start": 1600.164, "end": 1607.572}, {"text": ">> GOOD MORNING, VIEWERS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. I AM THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE", "start": 1607.572, "end": 1615.013}, {"text": "CITY OF HAMILTON VETERANS COMMITTEE. REMEMBERANCE DAY IN HAMILTON IS A TIME FOR APPRECIATION AND", "start": 1615.013, "end": 1620.652}, {"text": "REFLECTION OF THOSE CANADIANS WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR OUR PEACE AND FREEDOM.", "start": 1620.652, "end": 1626.825}, {"text": "REMEMBERANCE DAY IN CANADA HAS BEEN COMMEMORATED SINCE 1931.", "start": 1626.825, "end": 1634.265}, {"text": "IN 1921, NOVEMBER 11th WAS TERMED ARMISTICE DAY. AND SIGNIFY THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE ENDING WORLD WAR I.", "start": 1634.265, "end": 1641.439}, {"text": "THE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED ON THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE", "start": 1641.439, "end": 1646.444}, {"text": "11TH MONTH IN 1918. THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE", "start": 1646.444, "end": 1653.451}, {"text": "HAMILTON CEREMONY OCCURS AT THE GORE PARK CENOTAPH. THE CENOTAPH IN GORE PARK WAS ERECTED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF", "start": 1653.451, "end": 1659.557}, {"text": "THE CANADIAN CLUB OF HAMILTON TO COMMEMORATE OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.", "start": 1659.557, "end": 1664.763}, {"text": "WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.", "start": 1664.763, "end": 1670.501}, {"text": "A MAGNIFICENT GRANITE MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED AT 5:00 PM ON MAY 22nd 1923 BY THE", "start": 1670.501, "end": 1680.011}, {"text": "GOVERNOR GENERAL OF VIMY. IT ALSO MARKS THE 100TH", "start": 1680.011, "end": 1688.086}, {"text": "ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.", "start": 1688.086, "end": 1693.258}, {"text": "HAMILTONIAN'S AND CANADIANS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF FIGHTING OPPRESSION AND CULTIVATING PEACE. STARTING WITH THE WAR OF 1812,", "start": 1693.258, "end": 1702.267}, {"text": "THE RAIDS OF 1866, THE NORTHWEST REBELLION OF 1885, THE", "start": 1702.267, "end": 1707.438}, {"text": "SOUTH AFRICAN WAR OF 1889, THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914 TO 1918.", "start": 1707.438, "end": 1714.979}, {"text": "THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN 1939 TO 1945. THE KOREAN WAR OF 1950 AND MOST", "start": 1714.979, "end": 1722.787}, {"text": "RECENTLY THE AFGHANISTAN WAR, 2001. HAMILTONIAN SERVICE PEOPLE HAVE", "start": 1722.787, "end": 1729.26}, {"text": "SERVED AROUND THE WORLD ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING", "start": 1729.26, "end": 1734.331}, {"text": "MISSIONS. IN PLACES LIKE VIETNAM, EGYPT, THE CONGO, CYPRUS, LEBANON,", "start": 1734.331, "end": 1741.139}, {"text": "PAKISTAN, CAMBODIA, SOMALIA, UGANDA AND THE BALKANS. AT HOME, HAMILTONIAN'S HAVE", "start": 1741.139, "end": 1748.413}, {"text": "SERVED TO FIGHT FIRES, FLOODS AND ICE STORMS. MOST RECENTLY, OVER 200 HAMILTON", "start": 1748.413, "end": 1756.054}, {"text": "SERVICE PEOPLE WERE MOBILIZED TO HELP CITIZENS COMBAT COVID THE", "start": 1756.054, "end": 1762.627}, {"text": "CEREMONY YOU WILL OBSERVE TODAY SIGNIFIES A TIME-HONOURED TRIBUTE TO OUR DEBT. THE LAST POST, THE TWO MINUTE", "start": 1762.627, "end": 1770.434}, {"text": "SILENCE AND THE PLAYING OF THE BUGLER. THE ACTIVE REMEMBRANCE, THE WREATH LAYING AND...", "start": 1770.434, "end": 1777.809}, {"text": "ALL OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE A STORY TO TELL ABOUT AN ANCESTOR OR FAMILY MEMBER WHO SERVED.", "start": 1777.809, "end": 1784.382}, {"text": "TODAY IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT AND BE THANKFUL OF THEIR SACRIFICE. THANK YOU AGAIN.", "start": 1784.382, "end": 1791.923}, {"text": "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. WE WILL NOW TAKE YOU TO GORE PARK FOR TODAYS REMEMBERANCE DAY", "start": 1791.923, "end": 1797.028}, {"text": "SERVICE.", "start": 1797.028, "end": 1808.172}, {"text": ">> GOOD MORNING. RED CROSS FAMILIES, MEMBERS OF", "start": 1808.172, "end": 1813.912}, {"text": "GOVERNMENT, VETERANS AND HAMILTONIAN'S. WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL CITY OF HAMILTON REMEMBERANCE DAY", "start": 1813.912, "end": 1818.917}, {"text": "SERVICE. MY NAME IS MIKE REHE'LL, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CITY OF HAMILTON", "start": 1818.917, "end": 1824.122}, {"text": "VETERANS COMMITTEE AND YOUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR THE SERVICE THIS MORNING. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY OF", "start": 1824.122, "end": 1831.029}, {"text": "HAMILTON IS SITUATED UPON THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES OF THE", "start": 1831.029, "end": 1836.968}, {"text": "ERIE, NEUTRAL HURON WENDAT, HAUDENOSAUNEE, IN MISSISSAUGA'S.", "start": 1836.968, "end": 1850.181}, {"text": "THIS LAND IS COVERED BY THE DISH OF... WHICH WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HAUDENOSAUNEE AND", "start": 1850.181, "end": 1859.624}, {"text": "ANISHINAABE TO SHARE AND CARE FOR THE RESOURCES AROUND THE GREAT LAKES.", "start": 1859.624, "end": 1866.731}, {"text": "THIS YEAR MARKS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS. 80 YEARS AGO, THE THIRD CANADIAN", "start": 1866.731, "end": 1875.239}, {"text": "DIVISION OF 10,000 MEN LANDED AT JUNO BEACH IN FRANCE. AND BEGAN THE FINAL FIGHT TO", "start": 1875.239, "end": 1884.082}, {"text": "GERMANY. THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY CONTRIBUTED 124 VESSELS AND", "start": 1884.082, "end": 1890.088}, {"text": "10,000 SAILORS IN THE ROYAL", "start": 1890.088, "end": 1895.526}, {"text": "CANADIAN AIR FORCE CONTRIBUTED 39 SQUADRONS TO THE OPERATION. THE 11TH FIELD BATTERY RCA WAS", "start": 1895.526, "end": 1902.133}, {"text": "PART OF THE 12 FIELD REGIMENT RCAM FIRED ON THE BEACH FROM THEIR LANDING CRAFT WITH THEIR 105 MILLIMETRE HOWITZERS.", "start": 1902.133, "end": 1911.576}, {"text": "ANOTHER GROUP LANDED AT THE FIRST WEEK OF THE END OF JULY AND WERE IN THE ASSAULT ON THE", "start": 1911.576, "end": 1918.883}, {"text": "19TH OF JULY. THE ARGYLE... 1 OF THEIR FINEST", "start": 1918.883, "end": 1928.726}, {"text": "VICTORIES. THE HMCS HAIUDA ALSO PARTICIPATED BY PROTECTING OUR TROOPS FROM HARM AND ENGLISH", "start": 1928.726, "end": 1936.033}, {"text": "CHANNEL. THIS YEAR ALSO MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ON FEBRUARY 15th 1923,", "start": 1936.033, "end": 1944.008}, {"text": "KING GEORGE THE FIFTH GAVE APPROVAL TO USE THE PREFIX ROYAL IN FRONT OF THE CANADIAN", "start": 1944.008, "end": 1950.047}, {"text": "AIR FORCE. A YEAR LATER, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVED THE USE OF THE ROYAL PREFIX AND THE ROYAL", "start": 1950.047, "end": 1956.254}, {"text": "CANADIAN AIR FORCE WAS FORMED WITH 68 OFFICERS AND 307 EHRMAN.", "start": 1956.254, "end": 1961.391}, {"text": "ON APRIL 1st 1924. WE REMEMBER THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ON THEIR SACRIFICE.", "start": 1961.391, "end": 1969.5}, {"text": "WE WILL BEGIN OUR CEREMONY TODAY WITH THE SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, LED BY THE", "start": 1969.5, "end": 1975.306}, {"text": "DUNDAS CONCERT BAND OH CANADA.", "start": 1975.306, "end": 1982.914}, {"text": "-- O CANADA.", "start": 1982.914, "end": 1990.288}, {"text": "[ Playing.", "start": 1990.288, "end": 1995.893}, {"text": "[ Playing of O Canada, Instrumental ] ]", "start": 1995.893, "end": 2047.678}, {"text": "[ Playing of O Canada, Instrumental ] --", "start": 2047.678, "end": 2054.552}, {"text": ">> A NO CALL UPON MICHAEL ALDRIDGE FOR THE OPENING REFLECTION.", "start": 2054.552, "end": 2063.561}, {"text": "-- I NOW CALL UPON MICHAEL ALDRIDGE FOR THE OPENING REFLECTION.", "start": 2063.561, "end": 2068.565}, {"text": ">> ON THIS SOLEMN DAY WE GATHER IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN LIVE", "start": 2068.565, "end": 2074.238}, {"text": "IN FREEDOM ACCORDING TO THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD DEAR. IN THE SPIRIT OF PEACE AND", "start": 2074.238, "end": 2079.576}, {"text": "GRATITUDE, THIS MOMENT PROMPTS US TO REFLECT ON THE SACRIFICES OF OUR HEROES AND THEIR FAMILIES.", "start": 2079.577, "end": 2085.516}, {"text": "IN THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE WE RECOGNIZE THE COURAGE OF ALL WHO HAVE SERVED, LEAVING BEHIND", "start": 2085.516, "end": 2092.323}, {"text": "LOVED ONES TO DEFEND SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEMSELVES. THEIR ACTIONS REMIND US OF THE STRENGTH AND UNITY.", "start": 2092.323, "end": 2097.929}, {"text": "IT IS THIS UNITY THAT WE FIND HOPE AND RESILIENCE AMID THE CHALLENGES OF OUR WORLD--", "start": 2097.929, "end": 2104.034}, {"text": "THAT OUR WORLD CONTINUES TO FACE. LET US OPEN OUR HEARTS TO LESSONS OF THE PAST FROM", "start": 2104.034, "end": 2109.774}, {"text": "CONFLICT WE LEARNED THE POWER OF LOVE. LOVE THAT BINDS FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND ALL HUMANITY.", "start": 2109.774, "end": 2117.348}, {"text": "THOSE THAT WE REMEMBER TODAY WILL DRIP-- WERE DRIVEN BY THIS FORCE TOWARDS THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AND THE IDEALS OF", "start": 2117.348, "end": 2123.321}, {"text": "PEACE AND JUSTICE. AND REMEMBRANCE WE ARE FILLED WITH GRATITUDE OF THE PEACE AND", "start": 2123.321, "end": 2129.293}, {"text": "LIBERTIES THAT WE ENJOY. THIS PIECE WAS HARD WON AND ITS PRESERVATION IS SHARED", "start": 2129.293, "end": 2135.899}, {"text": "RESPONSIBILITY BY ALL. WE MUST BE THANKFUL FOR NOT ONLY THOSE WHO FOUGHT BUT THOSE ACTS", "start": 2135.899, "end": 2141.305}, {"text": "OF KINDNESS AND COOPERATION THAT HELPED HEAL WOUNDS OF CONFLICT AND DIVISION.", "start": 2141.305, "end": 2147.545}, {"text": "LET THIS REMEMBERANCE DAY INSPIRE US TO CARRY FORWARD THE LEGACY OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE", "start": 2147.545, "end": 2154.084}, {"text": "US MAY WE BE BEARERS OF PEACE. CUSTODIANS OF COMPASSION AND CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE.", "start": 2154.084, "end": 2163.761}, {"text": "LEST WE FORGET.", "start": 2163.761, "end": 2169.533}, {"text": "-- FOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES, LEST WE FORGET.", "start": 2169.533, "end": 2175.506}, {"text": ">> WE WILL NOW HAVE DOMINIC AND BARACK, WHO ARE GREAT EIGHT", "start": 2175.506, "end": 2182.613}, {"text": "STUDENTS AT. [ Speaking French ] >> READING THE ICONIC POEM, IN FLANDERS FIELDS IN FRENCH.", "start": 2182.613, "end": 2201.031}, {"text": ">> IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES GROW, BETWEEN THE", "start": 2201.031, "end": 2207.605}, {"text": "CROSSES ROW ON ROW. THAT MARK OUR PLACE AND IN THE SKY, THE LARKS STILL BRAVELY", "start": 2207.605, "end": 2213.311}, {"text": "SINGING FLY HEARD AMIDST THE GUNS BELOW. [ Speaking French ]", "start": 2213.311, "end": 2264.795}, {"text": "[ Applause ] >> WE WILL NOW OBSERVE THE", "start": 2264.795, "end": 2269.934}, {"text": "ACTIVE REMEMBRANCE. THE BUGLE CALL OF THE LAST POST. THE TWO MINUTE SILENCE, THE", "start": 2269.934, "end": 2275.472}, {"text": "ROAST AND THE LAMENT.", "start": 2275.472, "end": 2291.088}, {"text": "[ Last post plays ]", "start": 2291.088, "end": 2434.131}, {"text": "[ The Rouse plays ]", "start": 2434.131, "end": 2463.994}, {"text": "[ \u266a\u266a ]", "start": 2463.994, "end": 2509.673}, {"text": "[ \u266a\u266a ]", "start": 2509.673, "end": 2538.402}, {"text": ">> IN 1914, THE ENGLISH-- AN ENGLISH POET WROTE A POEM CALLED FOR THE FALLEN.", "start": 2538.402, "end": 2544.408}, {"text": "TODAY WE RECITE A PART OF THIS POEM AS A FINAL PART OF THE ACTIVE REMEMBRANCE.", "start": 2544.408, "end": 2551.048}, {"text": "I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UPON THE PAST CHAIR OF THE HAMILTON VETERANS COMMITTEE, BOB FIFE, TO READ THE VETERAN'S PRAYER.", "start": 2551.048, "end": 2566.93}, {"text": ">> THEY SHOW GROW NOT OLD. AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR...", "start": 2566.93, "end": 2575.439}, {"text": "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.", "start": 2575.439, "end": 2585.549}, {"text": "THANK YOU. >> I NOW CALL UPON THOSE WITH", "start": 2585.549, "end": 2595.492}, {"text": "REEFS TO PROCEED TO THE WREATH LINE. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE REEFS MADE BY THE STUDENTS OF", "start": 2595.492, "end": 2601.932}, {"text": "THE PRINCE OF WALES SCHOOL, DR. J. EDGAR DAVIES SCHOOL AND ONE OTHER SCHOOL.", "start": 2601.932, "end": 2607.604}, {"text": "DURING THE WREATH LAYING, THE HEALTHY MANS INDIGENOUS DRUM CIRCLE WILL HONOUR US WITH AN ONEROUS SONG FOR THOSE WHO MADE", "start": 2607.604, "end": 2613.344}, {"text": "THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. PLEASE BEGIN THE LAYING OF THE", "start": 2613.344, "end": 2619.049}, {"text": "REEFS.", "start": 2619.049, "end": 2641.371}, {"text": "[ Drumming and singing ]", "start": 2641.371, "end": 2736.033}, {"text": "[ Drumming and singing ]", "start": 2736.033, "end": 2815.179}, {"text": "[ Drumming and singing ]", "start": 2815.179, "end": 2918.582}, {"text": "[ Drumming and singing ]", "start": 2918.582, "end": 2959.656}, {"text": "[ Drumming and singing ]", "start": 2959.656, "end": 2984.214}, {"text": "[ Drumming and singing ]", "start": 2984.214, "end": 3027.524}, {"text": "[ Drumming and singing ]", "start": 3027.524, "end": 3050.113}, {"text": "[ Applause ]", "start": 3050.113, "end": 3058.088}, {"text": ">> AS WE NEAR THE END OF OUR CEREMONY I CALL UPON THE DUNDAS CONCERT BAND TO PLAY GOD SAVE", "start": 3058.088, "end": 3063.96}, {"text": "THE KING.", "start": 3063.96, "end": 3070.767}, {"text": "[ God save the King plays ]", "start": 3070.767, "end": 3111.574}, {"text": ">> PADRE ALDRIDGE WILL NOW CLOSE THE SERVICE WITH A BENEDICTION.", "start": 3111.574, "end": 3126.689}, {"text": ">> LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE CREATOR, WE ASK FOR ALL WHO HAVE LABOURED FOR LIBERTY, FREEDOM", "start": 3126.689, "end": 3131.761}, {"text": "AND INJUSTICE, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, FOR THOSE WHO IN LIFE", "start": 3131.761, "end": 3138.568}, {"text": "AND DEATH PRESERVED OUR LIVING, GRANT THAT THEY MAY REST IN YOUR PIECE AND THAT WE THROUGH OUR ACTIONS MAY BE FOUND WORTHY OF", "start": 3138.568, "end": 3145.876}, {"text": "INHERITING YOUR INTERNAL TREASURES. AMEN.", "start": 3145.876, "end": 3158.421}, {"text": ">> THANK YOU TO OUR MEMORIAL CROSS FAMILY.", "start": 3158.421, "end": 3163.994}, {"text": "REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FEDERAL PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. AND ALL CITIZENS WHO JOINED US FOR TODAY'S CEREMONY.", "start": 3163.994, "end": 3169.598}, {"text": "THROUGH THE OBSERVANCE OF REMEMBERANCE DAY, WE EXPRESS OUR", "start": 3169.598, "end": 3174.771}, {"text": "GRATITUDE, OUR SORROW AND OUR PRIDE ARE ALL THOSE WHO SERVED, FOUGHT, SUFFERED AND DIED FOR", "start": 3174.771, "end": 3180.777}, {"text": "THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY TODAY. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.", "start": 3180.777, "end": 3185.949}, {"text": "THIS CONCLUDES THE CEREMONY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.", "start": 3185.949, "end": 3192.222}, {"text": "SAFE TRIP. [ \u266a\u266a ]", "start": 3192.222, "end": 3231.361}, {"text": "[ \u266a\u266a ]", "start": 3231.361, "end": 3282.679}, {"text": "[ \u266a\u266a ]", "start": 3282.679, "end": 3369.966}]