On My Birthday!

April 8th is the greatest day of the year. Many things happened that day throughout the ages and in 1995 I was born.

On April 8, 1994 Kurt Cobain, the songwriter and front man for the band Nivan was found dead in his Seattle home. He had a single gunshot to the head and a suicide note and gun were found nearby. He had a wife and an 18 month old daughter.

On April 8, 1973 Alex Gonzalez the infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays was born. He signed onto the Blue Jays April 4, 1994. His last appearance was May 20, 2006 and at that time he was on the Philadelphia Phillies.

On April 8, 1960 John Schneider was born. He is an actor and began at the age of 8. He had a small part in Smokey and the Bandit at age 14. He got his big break when he was cast as Bo Duke in “Dukes of Hazzards” in 1789. He also later became a famous country singer and wrote a couple of hit songs like “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know” and “Country Girls”.

On April 8, 2000 Claire Trevor, another actor, passed away. She was famous for the rolls of molls, floozies and broads and an owner of a saloon in many western films. She made her debut in 1933 and became a leading lady in many films with John Wayne, Clarke Gable, Glenn Ford and William Holden. She won an academy award for Key Largo in 1948. She died in Newport beach due to respiratory ailments.

On April 8 2009 A US space tourist, Charles Simonyi with his two crew members landed in Kazakhstan. They had all spent six months in the space station and landed in ‘good condition’. Charles Simonyi is the world’s first space tourist to visit the ISS twice. Simonyi used to be a Microsoft executive before deciding to travel into space. A link below will bring you to a video of their successful landing.

As you can see April 8 is one of the best days of the year many cool things happened but most importantly I was born.

Links-

Space tourist video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7989226.stm

Claire Trevor: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872456/bio

John Schneider: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773884/bio

Alex Gonzalez: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6077

Kurt Cobain: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/8/newsid_3522000/3522702.stm

Remberance day

"We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred
thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, their homes and
their families and friends, for a traditions they cherished and a future they
believed in; they died for Canada. The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our
collectivenational concissonus; our future is their monument."

Every year on November 11, at 11:00am we have two minutes of silence to remember the vetrans who served in the first and second world wars, the Korean wars and any wars since then. We remember those who have given their lives so that we can live in peace with freedom. Many of us don't even realize the hardships that the soilders went through. Some of the closest ideas we have to the wars are old family uniforms or mementos sitting in our attic. When ever war comes to Canada, Canadians are quick to volunteer to fight and preserve our freedom and peace and help other countries get their own freedom.

War always has and always will mean deayh, injury and absence of loved ones. Many people joined the wars through time, boys still in high school, fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, grandparents and children. It was always hard watching your brother or sister walk off to war knowing that they may never come back. Soilders aren't the only important people in the war. There are also the docters and nurses trying to save their lives so they can return home to see their famalies. Docters and nurses died and got injured too. Armies would invade camps and kill or capture everyone in them. Bombs were exploded on camps. With the doctors gone the soilders have a harder tim surviving and returning home. We should remember any war where people have died or been injured. That could be as far back when wars started in Canada to keep our freedom or gain our herritage. The wars we remember could also be as current as the wars in Afaghanastan right now. We wear poppie on remeberance day to symbolize the poppies that grow in flanders feild wear many Canadian soilders are burried. The money you donate to get one of these poppies goes to vetrans fighting in wars right now. The two minutes of silence ar also quite important for it lets all think in silence of how the vetrans in the war died for us so that we could have the freedom and peace in Cnada today. Know we are trying to help other countries to get the same thing that we have now. There are also many memorials to remember the soilders that have died fighting for us like the unknown soilder.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/11/11/remembrance-ceremonies.html

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/other/remember/how

Thanksgiving

"Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude." E.P. Powell

Thanksgiving is a holiday that has been celebrated for numerous years in order to thank the gods and the earth for a fabulous harvest. Thanksgiving started in 1621 with the pilgrims and their neighbours the Native Indians. Since then Presidents in the USA have been proclaiming Thanksgiving a national holiday. Thanks giving in Canada started in 1891 on the first Monday of October. Popular thanksgiving meals include turkey, gravy, stuffing, autumn vegetables and fruit desserts. Canadians also place a cannipuca (curved rams horn filled with fruits and nuts) in the centre of the table.

I think thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year. I love getting together with my family, cooking tons of food and eating together at a wonderfully set table. I also enjoy playing with my cousins before and after dinner. I think the most important part of thanksgiving is getting together with your family and being thankful for being together.

http://www.rats2u.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_history.htm#history

http://www.history.com/content/thanksgiving

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