If R. H.
Thomson walked his way, and we will observe two hours of silence in honor of Memorial Day.
"Two minutes is not enough," said Toronto --
Actor/producer in the interview.
"If we stand there in silence for two hours, I think we will begin to understand what is going on.
"He thinks we should do more to remember that his feelings are formed in the process of growing up, starting with the old collection of family letters.
Five of his great
Uncle of the first world war often wrote to their mother in Canada.
"This has always been part of our family's history," Thomson recalls . " He was encouraged to read the letters when he was young.
Years later, he created a drama based on lost boy and heard more wartime stories from theater audiences.
"One night after another, I sat there and listened to the people who came to my locker room telling me their family stories.
These stories are usually about relatives who died in war, which makes me think it affects everyone.
This experience led to another simple and brilliant idea: to list the names of those who died in the war.
"There are a lot of different ways to personalize memory, and it's good to talk about them," Thomson said . ".
"But we think it's time to do more, especially on Centennial.
If you didn't name them on 100 anniversary, when will you do that ? "
The whole world remembers that profitable organizations have to solve this problem, but it turns out that it is not simple.
When they asked other countries about the names of the war dead, the task became even more difficult.
Some countries do not participate until they have access to major countries France, Germany and the UK, and some acknowledge that the effort is slow.
Another challenge is the United States, which does not have a central database that lists the number of deaths in World War I.
To find one, they partnered with a private war museum in Kansas City, Missouri to compile data sent to spreadsheets from dozens of places in the United StatesS.
This year's list of victims before 100 included the names of millions of people from 16 countries.
From 1914, the entire list representing each year1922 (
Some people died of injuries after the war)
More online
Language website, searchable by name, year of death and country.
Memory of the world also collects a series of pictures and picturescommissioned (
National Arts Center)
On Sunday, a free concert will be held at the National Arts Center for Global premiere music.
Here's more information about each of the three components of the project and where you can see them this weekend. Concert12:30 p. m.
South-South Hall of the National Arts Center is free on Sunday;
The world remembers that the song cycle has three parts, consisting of Canadians, set in the words of war poets, mothers and soldiers from different countries.
The Song of the poet was created by Abigail Richardson, the song of the mother was created by Melo Stein, and the song of the soldiers was created by Jeffrey Ryan.
The music will be played by the German Youth Orchestra.
Official name: German Central Intelligence Agency
Under the guidance of Alexander Shelley of the National Taiwan of the Americas, as well as members of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, OrKidstra and local youth choir from delasar and Canterbury high schools, and Calixa-
Laval indoor choir from the University of Ottawa.
Other works of the project include James Wright's to young Canadians, which includes the text written by Jack Leiden (
From his last letter to Canadians)
"Udo Shalom" by Christine Downing. Poet-
Chief Stacey Laforme of New Credit First Nation Mississaugas will also read one of his poems reflecting indigenous wartime experiences.
The names of the 16,000 people killed in World War I were rolling all night, starting at 8 in the eveningm.
On a large outdoor screen at the Rideau St 2 government Convention Center
They are also on the screen at the Canadian War Museum.
The photo world remembers that the collected image is projected onto the Kipnes lantern at the American Terrace, the largest transparent LED device in North America, starting at 10 p. m. to 7 a. m.
Every night until November11.
These collections include photos of hundreds of soldiers, nurses, mothers, wounded, refugees, army munitions workers and others involved in World War I.