Rememberance Day

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Hello,

I've been enjoying your questions and answers since January.  Now I have
a question of my own.

I am a teacher in a secondary school in Canada--at the secondary level.
In the last five years, I have been responsible for organizing a
Remembrance Day Service for the school.  I work with the graduating
class to present a moving memorial for those who went off to war and
never returned.  This is a strange twist of fate for a former 60's
anti-war protester--I struggle every year against feelings that maybe I
am promoting the glorification of war, even as I introduce students to
what I consider an important chunk of our national (and international)
history.

I like this listserv because the "elders" frequently admonish young
questioners to treasure peace.  Yet, you have lived through the darkness
of the human heart.

What do you think of Remembrance Day services?  In your view, what should
we be remembering--or teaching for the first time--in such a context?

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