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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
What can be seen in the following videos isn't some orchestrated, 'grand event' that many governments use to bolster support for themselves or to their military ambitions but the actions of ordinary Canadians stopping along the route of a funeral procession to pay their respects to the dead.
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Those were impressive videos. I've seen about half that much in my hometown when one of ours was buried (not as many overpasses, of course). OTOH, I saw quite a lot appear when the local Marine Reserve company came home (Lima, 3-27th Marines, lost about 2 dozen guys over their tour).
I can't claim near as many vets in the family, my ancestors mostly were too old or too young for most of America's wars. Maybe this guy can make some of that up: My great-grandfather Hanna, possibly in the 10th Pennsylvania/110th US Infantry: Luzon, 1898-99 and France, 1917-18. (Records are sketchy so far.)