"Jim Carter" wrote in message . cable.rogers.com...
This is a boating story that has made me very proud. I just saw my father,
on television, marching in the 60th Anniversary parade, of the D-Day Landing
in Normandy. My dad is in France to remember those in his group that did
not return. He also was proudly wearing, on his blazer, the medal that he
had just received from the grateful people of France. My dad carried
ashore, on that day, June 6, 1944, the photos of his three sons, to remind
him of the reason he was there. To keep us free. I am so proud of him, and
so are the rest of the people of Canada.
Jim Carter, Port Captain, GLCC
"The Boat"
Bayfield, Canada


My dad is still with us too, he was a soldier, as were his brothers. I
heard something the other day that really gave me a bigger view of the
"Greatest Generation". Not only did they run selflessly into hell to
free Europe and Aisa, when they were done with that, they freed
America. Remember, it is this same generation that came home and
within a decade and a half, passed laws, contrary to much of what they
had been taught, and freed women and minorities in our own country.
They had seen what these two groups could do during the war, this was
indeed a huge change of policy for many of them. The quote that caught
me said something to the effect of "after passing laws making women
and minorities equal in our own country, this generation had probably
produced a more perfect form of democracy than even the forefathers
had envisioned"... Thanks dad.