The Trews - Highway of Heroes

When I was about 12 years old, I played runescape with a Canadian Soldier. I played with him and talked to him almost every day, he never minded talking to a little kid and he gave that time of my life a lot of happiness. That February he got shipped out to afghanistan. He said he would be gone for months. In that time I stopped playing. I never knew his name. I still think about him every year around this time, wondering if he was one of the ones to go down that highway in a casket. Wherever you are buddy, I hope you found peace and happiness whether its on earth or in heaven or wherever you go, cause you're a hero to me and the country and you deserve it.

"Carry me softly, down the highway of heroes. True patriot love, there was never more." RIP Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. Your nation loves you and misses you very much. We will never, ever forget.

Very proud to be a Canadian

I was born in Iraq and therefore its my mother but I grew up in Ontario , Canada and Canada is my father that I am so proud to be the Son of , and if one day i was to die for my country like these heroes did then i have lived a great life , God bless Canada and all Canadians

the canadian flag doesnt fly because of the wind moving it.. but because of the last breath of every soldier who died for it.... RIP to all the soldier who died for our freedom

From an American: God Bless the great people and country of Canada and your Fallen Heroes. God has a special place in heaven for your Fallen Heroes.

As an former canadian soldier this song always makes me cry. I had the pleasure of serving with many outstanding Canadian soldiers in Kosovo and Afghanistan . Still to this day I am privileged work with ex and serving soldiers and civilians from many nations .

I am native first nations Mi'kmaq Indigenous Peoples of Canada ,and can i say with the Creators love ,that you make this country proud ! a hero of brothers and sisters you shall remain,and may a thousand Eagle feathers fly you home ! Godspeed Brothers and Sisters ---Wela'lin for your service XO

Cpl Cirillo will be making his last trip home home from Ottawa to Hamilton today along the Highway of Heroes. Rest easy Cpl, your guard is over.

My Father came within a hair's breadth of making the trip down the 401. He Commanded a Leopard C2 Mexas. They hit an IED outside of Kandahar, and the ammo box for both the main gun and the Coaxial Machine Gun cooked off. His Driver, Gunner, and Loader weren't so lucky. I was 3 years old at the time. The first time I ever truly realized how lucky I am to have him was during a trip to a museum in Ontario 9 years later. We came across about a third of an armored corps headset. Being a naive 12 year old, I of course started questioning, not recognizing how uncomfortable my father was seeing items from Afghanistan layed out on that display. "I wonder if that guy made it home." "Max, that was my headset." To all the troops who served and continue to serve in the Canadian Army, and every Army the world over thank you for all you do for us. To all the less glorified positions, like supply, maintenance, even the cooks, thank you for making sure that armour was strong enough to hold out against a case full of hesh cooking off. Thank you for making sure our troops are kept well fed, well supplied, and healthy. And to the Ambulance drivers, Military or Civilian, the paramedics who go with them into objectively hostile environments, and the doctors who work at the exclusion of all else to help their patients: Thank you for making sure my father made it home.

I'm a high school teacher in Southern Ontario and we are pretty close to a stretch of the highway. Today marked my sixth year in a row showing my students this video (and Leonard Cohen reciting "Flanders Feilds") and talking to them about the people who we owe our lives to. I am always uplifted by how engaged they get in the song, it's lyrics, and the video clips. Today when I said "we have 5 minutes left in the period, are there any more questions you want to cover before dismissal?" They were shocked that the period had flown by so quickly, that went to show just how much discussion this song generated. I haven't served, but I have family and dear friends who have. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for this song and this video. It is a precious key to unlocking the hearts and minds of the next generation and I will use it every year that I have the privilege to be in a classroom.

Every year I listen to this today. Lest We Forget

Who’s here on Remembrance Day listening to this

Wish all the radio stations would play this today.

I can't listen to this song without sobbing. Cheers from Texas.

This song makes me cry. I think of all men and women who had died while serving their country. RIP and Salute to all of those who died in uniform. You will never be forgotten

I am so proud to be Canadian 🇨🇦. Rip Cirillo. You will never be forgotten. And also the same man who shot him died at the same day.

Every Remembrance Day, I listen to this song and pittance of time.

Today i am typing this it is remembrance day and i just wanted to listen to this song because im in high school and in middle school i heard this song every remembrance day assembly. But i didn't hear it in high school i was actually upset. So today i am listen to this song to remind me of my childhood and may all the soldiers that died for our country Rest In Peace 🙏

My brother went to afghan on a three month deployment and they were on a patrol mission and he was literally so close to getting sniped by a Taliban sniper. He survived. He's home now. Safe and sound.