Between the fact that I had just been to Dallas this past spring and that my life was conceived somewhere around the date of Kennedy leaving this mortal coil, I have been following all the hoopla leading up to this auspicious anniversary with more interest than your average Anglo-Canadian. Below are three photos I took when I went down to Dealey Plaza early on a misty April Sunday morning. Even at that hour, there were tour buses arriving one after the other - it took some time before I could get pictures without any people in them. It was a remarkable experience to be there and to talk to all the characters that populate the area.
Elm St. facing in the direction down which the motorcade was travelling.
Taken from the 'Grassy Knoll'. Notice the X's on the road marking where the two bullets hit.
6th Floor Window of the old Texas Schoolbook Depository building
Here's something to listen to on this Remembrance Day. My eldest brother belonged to the PPCLI for most of his military career, so it is fitting that I add this to the family blog. Next August the regiment will be celebrating its 100th anniversary, and this song was commissioned by the Colonel in Chief of the Regiment, the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, to commemorate the occasion.
It features some of the wives of serving members of the PPCLI singing in this. The title of the song, "Ric-a-dam-doo", is the name of the Regimental Colours, reportedly from the Gaelic for "cloth of your mother", and Princess Patricia herself made the flag.
