I am embarrassed to admit that it has taken me until this year to have a true appreciation for Remembrance Day. I feel slightly better about the situation knowing that my whole family does as well, after attending the premiere of Storming Juno. It tells the story of our incredibly brave Canadian Allied forces who stormed Juno Beach at Normandy on D-Day and helped defeat the Germans.
We took our kids (two boys, 11 and 13) to see it and I was interested to hear their reactions, post-movie. So instead of telling you about the movie myself, I thought I would give you the goods in their very profound ‘tween’ words.
It’s not just the kids who need to remember, though. I’m going to think about my freedom and be grateful for the men and women who fought for it—that freedom that allows us to make choices in our lives everyday that we take for granted. Most of all, I’m going to be grateful for my family and I’m going to make a promise to myself to remember that more often. I’ll also remember the soldiers who never had their own families.
Good to Know: Many of the scenes are rather violent and graphic (think Saving Private Ryan) so be selective about whom you watch the film with. I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under eight.
Did you know that Canadian forces pushed further into France than any other Allied Army? Tell me what you’re going to remember.
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Excellent to know! Thanks for sharing, Minnow - sounds like its a must-watch tonight. Good for you for taking your kids too!
K-76470 SPR.A.A.McLaren R.C.E I will never forget my Father and all his commrads at Arms, for what they did for us all!some people ask me what do you think of what makes you Canadian,some have a hard time trying to think about this but I say the first thought comes to mind of My Grandfather with the Royal Canadian Artillary 1914-1918 he was a instructor(Sargeant) for cannon teams(Horses)to pull cannons to and on the battle field! Then my thoughts come of my Dad landing at Juno and I am holding his medals amd his cigarette case and this plague it has all the battles he was in and it is very beautiful ,he told me a major made for them,I am wondering if others out thier have this plague he was with the Royal Canadian Engineers 16 Canadian field company! This truly makes me swell with pride and tear up some thinking of all the brave young men to keep us here to say we are Canadian my family has been in Canada since 1625 and more! God bless our men and women “lest we forget”
I missed the original airing, do you know if I can view it online anywhere?
Hi - thanks to Mumby, Ken and Praetor (above) for your posts. I hope you all had a moment yesterday to reflect, it was a spectacular day here in Toronto.
Praetor - check out the website for more details on when the film will aired again. The link is here: http://stormingjuno.com/
Ken, thank you for sharing your thoughts. I’m sure your father and Grandfather would be very proud of you today.
Mumby, I hope you had a chance to watch the film but its likely you were driving around to activities!
Thank you for recommending this Minnow! This should be required viewing in Canadian schools in the days leading up to November 11th.
Praetor, Storming Juno is replaying on the History channel:
Monday, Nov. 15th 6 to 8 pm
Tuesday, Nov. 16th 12 to 2 am
Looks incredible!
It’s 2010, why can’t this be watched online? I’d gladly pay a couple dollars to do so but since it’s not an option it looks like I’m heading to torrents. My life doesn’t revolve around a TV channel’s schedule.
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