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From 680 News Toronto:
http://www.680news.com/news/national/article/60463--memorial-drive-expected-along-the-highway-of-heroes-today
Memorial drive expected along the Highway of Heroes today
TORONTO - The organizer of a ride along the Highway of Heroes wants Canadians to join him today in honouring soldiers who died of their wounds after returning home from Afghanistan.
The stretch of Highway 401 from CFB Trenton to Toronto was renamed after it became the route taken by the military bringing home the bodies of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
Today it will be used to honour soldiers who were brought home wounded, and died in hospitals here.
Organizer Randy Young of a group called Friends of Veterans Canada, said he knows of at least ten such cases where the soldiers were given funerals with full military honours but their families did not get the same kind of public support.
"We just feel that these family, not necessarily need the recognitions, but they need the love of Canadians and the support of Canadians."
Participants are reportedly gathering now at CFB Trenton.
The drive will leave the base at noon and is expected to arrive at Downsview Park at 2 p.m. with services and a rally to follow.
http://www.680news.com/news/national/article/60463--memorial-drive-expected-along-the-highway-of-heroes-today
Memorial drive expected along the Highway of Heroes today
TORONTO - The organizer of a ride along the Highway of Heroes wants Canadians to join him today in honouring soldiers who died of their wounds after returning home from Afghanistan.
The stretch of Highway 401 from CFB Trenton to Toronto was renamed after it became the route taken by the military bringing home the bodies of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
Today it will be used to honour soldiers who were brought home wounded, and died in hospitals here.
Organizer Randy Young of a group called Friends of Veterans Canada, said he knows of at least ten such cases where the soldiers were given funerals with full military honours but their families did not get the same kind of public support.
"We just feel that these family, not necessarily need the recognitions, but they need the love of Canadians and the support of Canadians."
Participants are reportedly gathering now at CFB Trenton.
The drive will leave the base at noon and is expected to arrive at Downsview Park at 2 p.m. with services and a rally to follow.
