Posted on 11/21/2015 3:42:40 AM PST by Kartographer
Moving scenes were captured on Friday as the body of a volunteer Canadian fighter who was killed in Syria was returned back to his hometown in southern Ontario.
During the repatriation, a roadside memorial was held for John Robert Gallagher, 32, a former Canadian soldier who died while fighting against the Islamic State earlier this month, CBC News reported.
Hundreds including firefighters, the local police force and supporters came out to pay their respects, as they lined overpasses while a hearse carrying Gallagher's casket made its way along a major highway in Ontario known as the Highway of Heroes.
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what integrity. just wow.
Russia and now I hope France will avenge you.
Blowing up that Russian plane didn’t deter Putin.
But I digress. Incredible person who will be remembered by the Kurds for a long time.
More of us may need to participate in said manner against ISIS.
Dear Leader may, just may, be allied with them. And won’t allow proper combat.
We visited Nova Scotia many years ago. Our son, who was then
about 6 or 7 yrs. old, met an older neighbor of our BIL &
SIL. Her son had been killed in WWII. - Our son just
turned 50 yrs. of age. Life is unsure. Death is certain.
God is good & things are not over. Maranatha!
My hometown is Windsor Ont.,my mother told me once the precession left Hwy.401 both sides of the County Rd. to Blenheim Ont. were literally bumper to bumper for mile after mile of people paying their respects.
RIP
Oh, Canada.
my hometown is Battleford, SK and my kin reported it the same way. Obviously I dont watch the CBC due to it’s pro raghead, anti US views but the other channels report the procession in the thousands.
I lost a brother, one I’m proud of, going to do what our own government wouldn’t send him to do. Instead, he volunteers to put himself in harm’s way on nobody’s orders.
This is why the West won’t fall easy. There are still many warriors left.
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