"And let us look at the world in which we live and hope to go on living- and the way of life for which Canadians- and I was reminded of this this morning, on my visit to your War Memorial- and Americans alike have always been willing to give up their lives in nearly every generation, if necessary to defend and preserve freedom."
So, on this Memorial Day, here's a few inadequate but heartfelt words of thanks and honour from a grateful Canadian to our American friends and allies. Below I'm posting a video of the cadet choir from West Point singing "Mansions of the Lord". Incidentally, this hymn was used during the end credits of the movie "We Were Soldiers".