pferguson | February 13, 2017
This Valentine’s Day…at the going down of the sun…. There it stood, at the base of one Scottish soldier’s tablet…here at Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa. I am reminded of this image…this day…for its simplicity…its connection to a gravesite without mention of those who brought it here. Though it speaks to one it speaks to many. […]
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pferguson | October 8, 2016
A Time to Reflect and be Reflective October 8, 2016 It is raining today, water hurtling down from a darkened sky. It is a time to reflect and be reflective, a time for a centennial eulogy that speaks to all of us this day…but what more can be said about this piper James that has […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1916, 8 October 1916, 9 October 1916, A Hard Rains Gonna Fall, Adanac Military Cemetery, Bell's Hill, Brothers and Sisters, Chilliwack, Chilliwack Museum, Chilliwack War Memorial, Family, Fathers and Mothers, Five Corners, Former Chilliwack City Hall, Friends, Honour, Inspiration, James Cleland Richardson, Lovers, Peace, Piper Richardson Centennial, Piper Richardson Statue, Relatives, Rutherglen, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, Sons and Daughters, United Church Chilliwack, Victoria Cross