A Clean Slate

@Juliaacv (51045)

Canada

November 10, 2024 12:36pm CST

Today, the day before Remembrance Day, I always strive to have the pretty autumn decorations down and packed away. I do not take out any decorations until after we recognize the importance of this day. My very last autumn decoration is now packed away until next Labour Day weekend. It was the wreath on the door. It now hangs on the inside of my office door to keep it in good shape, I put a garbage bag over it to keep the dust and light off of it. Tomorrow we will remember those brave souls who fought during the world wars to give our country the peace that we enjoy today, and hopefully will for generations to come. A clean slate here to remember the sacrifices that those brave soldiers made all of those years ago. ~Photo is mine

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@LindaOHio (177898)

• United States

11 Nov

Today is our Veterans Day. We pay tribute to those that have served in the military. Have a good week.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

I believe that Remembrance Day here in Canada is more comparable to your Memorial Day there.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

@LindaOHio I always feel sad after I take down the lovely autumn decorations and do not have the Christmas ones up yet. Everything seems so bare. But I did some good cleaning and rearranging over the course of the past couple of days.

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@LindaOHio (177898)

• United States

11 Nov

@Juliaacv Yes, it sounds like it.

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@kaylachan (69229)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10 Nov

I hope you have a good one, then.

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@kaylachan (69229)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10 Nov

@Juliaacv Nothing wrong with that. It's a good gesture.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

10 Nov

@kaylachan It is good to get a little ahead, by earning time and a half, before I really get going into my Christmas shopping.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

10 Nov

Thanks, I volunteered to work, but will still take a minute of silence during the course of my day.

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@celticeagle (166672)

• Boise, Idaho

10 Nov

A very pretty wreath you have there. Your day of remembrance is lovely.

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@celticeagle (166672)

• Boise, Idaho

11 Nov

@Juliaacv .......I did.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

Thank you, the wreath has held up well. I hope that you can observe a moment of silence tomorrow also.

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@LadyDuck (471260)

• Switzerland

11 Nov

We also call this day Remembrance Day, we observe two minutes of silence at 11:00 am, that is the time of the World War I armistice in 1918.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

I was so busy working and had to take my minute of silence a little after 11 today.

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@LadyDuck (471260)

• Switzerland

12 Nov

@Juliaacv - It is not always easy when you work.

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@rakski (122016)

• Philippines

10 Nov

That is one beautiful wreath.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

Thank you, it is my favorite seasonal wreath.

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@rakski (122016)

• Philippines

11 Nov

@Juliaacv it really looks good

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@Deepizzaguy (102523)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

10 Nov

I wish you the best to enjoy Remembrance Day.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

Thank you, I will take a moment of silence, and I hope that you can also.

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@Deepizzaguy (102523)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

11 Nov

@Juliaacv You are welcome. I will do my moment of silence as well tomorrow for the fallen.

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@AmbiePam (92384)

• United States

10 Nov

Our day tomorrow is in the same vein, but it is Veterans Day where we honor the living vets and current servicemen. It’s been a wonderful weekend of tributes.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

10 Nov

I resized this picture and did a really terrible job of it. I will have to try again. We recognize those who served in the RCAF-Royal Canadian Armed Forces, some of whom are still alive. No soldier has done for me, and my generation, what those who fought in the first 2 world wars have.

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@AmbiePam (92384)

• United States

10 Nov

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@Shavkat (139672)

• Philippines

10 Nov

I am with you. My grandfather had shared his courage during World War II. The sad part is that I did not see him since birth. I only know him from my mom's great stories about him.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

I am sorry for your loss.

@RasmaSandra (79648)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10 Nov

That is a lovely wreath, It is always important to remember,

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

10 Nov

Thank you, the wreath has held up, it is a few years old already. Soon I will be getting down the Christmas wreath, probably towards the end of November.

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@Marilynda1225 (82690)

• United States

11 Nov

We are celebrating our Veterans today

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

It is a day of remembrance today, I took my minute of silence a little after 11 as I was so busy working.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 Nov

I will remember my brother, who served in Vietnam, and eventually succumbed to Agent Orange.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

10 Nov

I am sorry for the loss of your brother.

@JESSY3236 (19912)

• United States

12 Nov

pretty wreath. I don't take down my autumn decorations until after Thanksgiving (Nov. 28th).

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

12 Nov

I understand waiting as your Thanksgiving is much later than ours is and you want to enjoy those decorations for the holiday.

@JudyEv (339433)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Nov

That's a very considerate action. We attended a commemoration serrvice at a small country town where they especially remembered young men from the town who enlisted and lost their lives. One of them was Vince's great uncle.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

It is so very important for us to stop and remember.

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@Beestring (14519)

• Hong Kong

11 Nov

That's a beautiful wreath. May all the brave souls rest in peace.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

11 Nov

Thank you, it is hanging on the inside of my office door now under a garbage bag to keep it dust-free. It is important that at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month we take a moment of silence and give thanks for those who fought for our freedom.

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@snowy22315 (180362)

• United States

10 Nov

Our Veteran's Day is tomorrow as well. I don't put fall things away until after Thanksgiving.

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@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

10 Nov

I can understand keeping your decorations up until after Thanksgiving. Plus you have Memorial Day to recognize those who fought and lost their lives, which isn't tomorrow from my understanding.

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