WINDSOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY
VETERANS MEMORIES PROJECT
Est. 2001
Christmas Truce Memorable
Vets celebrated and honoured
The Christmas Truce is a project that the Society embarked on in the summer of 2010. With the help of volunteers, the story of the Truce was researched and recorded in detail. Volunteers Oluwatobi Adeyinka and Brianne Tousignant wrote the story of the truce in 1914. Barry Horrobin, the Director of Planning and Physical Resources at the Windsor Police Department, was an extremely huge help in organizing the research and in getting the story of the truce to John Nabbin, the drama teacher at Walkerville Centre for the Arts. Nabbin worked with the information on the truce with his students and proceeded to put on an incredible dramatic portrayal of that momentous occasion in history.
The Christmas Truce is a famous tale in history about the peace in December of 1914 during the First World War. The soldiers all believed that the war would be over by Christmas and that they would be home but sadly this was not the case.
Vets celebrated and honoured
The Christmas Truce is a project that the Society embarked on in the summer of 2010. With the help of volunteers, the story of the Truce was researched and recorded in detail. Volunteers Oluwatobi Adeyinka and Brianne Tousignant wrote the story of the truce in 1914. Barry Horrobin, the Director of Planning and Physical Resources at the Windsor Police Department, was an extremely huge help in organizing the research and in getting the story of the truce to John Nabbin, the drama teacher at Walkerville Centre for the Arts. Nabbin worked with the information on the truce with his students and proceeded to put on an incredible dramatic portrayal of that momentous occasion in history.
The Christmas Truce is a famous tale in history about the peace in December of 1914 during the First World War. The soldiers all believed that the war would be over by Christmas and that they would be home but sadly this was not the case.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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The Windsor Historical Society - Veterans' Memories Project is a non-profit charitable organization which focuses on remembering and thanking local Veterans'. We interview Veterans and record their stories so that their memories of wartime experiences are preserved for future generations. We also print their stories in our Annual Veterans Day Magazine and Souvenir Program and in our quarterly newsletters and post them on our website for the public to enjoy.
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Thank You!
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John McCrae, May 1915
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Recited by John White
