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This is Remembrance week. 

Today, I bought my poppy from a box on a counter at work.  I realised with some sadness that gone are the days when you would buy your poppy from a WWII Veteran.    They stood proudly wearing their medals, Regimental crest and/or headdress.  I always tried to buy my poppy from a real person because I liked to thank them.  It is a small gesture, but it was sincere.  As the years went on, it became increasingly difficult to find a WWII Veteran who was selling poppies. 

As of Remembrance Day 2007 there is a single surviving Canadian WWI Veteran.  I don't know how many WWII Veterans are left, but there are very few of them standing out in the cold selling poppies.   There is a whole new generation of Canadian Veterans from peace-keeping missions around the world. Although my gesture is still small,  it is still sincere: "thank you".

Hugh, Willie, Faddy, John and Margaret