Sunday, September 30, 2007

Today in Ottawa ...

Today in Ottawa, for the 30th time, they paused to remember by name the 738 men and women whose names are etched on the Canadian Police and Peace Officers Memorial ...

738 names of men and women who have fallen in the service to our country attempting to preserve the Law, Order and Good Government we have so easily taken for granted ...

Today across Canada, we should have all paused to give thanks for the sacrifice paid by 738 men and women whose families continue to mourn their passing and miss them ...

738 men and women who had families, friends, and communities that have no easily forgotten them ...

I know in our house we remember one name ...

Constable Samuel Ankenmann

of the Ontario Provincial Police,

who on June 29th 1968

gave his life protecting and serving

the people of this country.

My Dad like 737 others, remains

A Hero in Life, Not Death.


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