Remembrance Day is particularly poignant when you work in the school system here in Canada. Children of all ages and in all grades tackle specific projects and assignments for weeks in advance of the special day. Their work culminates in imaginative and creative presentations, dramas, posters, artwork, and chorals on November 11. It makes your heart glad to see students as young as 6 and all the way up to the graduating class of Grade 12 immersing themselves enthusiastically in holding onto the memories of sacrifice and bravery of soldiers in all the wars past and present.
At the school, ceremonies are held in the company of old warriors and young soldiers in uniforms bearing medals. It tugs at your heart strings when you watch them salute in honour of those who have fallen. It is truly remarkable to witness the respect given by the young who are largely untouched by the strife and mayhem of war.
It feels good to be a participant in the annual cycle that keeps the flame of remembrance burning.
Remembrance Day is particularly poignant when you work in the school system here in Canada. Children of all ages and in all grades tackle specific projects and assignments for weeks in advance of the special day. Their work culminates in imaginative and creative presentations, dramas, posters, artwork, and chorals on November 11. It makes your heart glad to see students as young as 6 and all the way up to the graduating class of Grade 12 immersing themselves enthusiastically in holding onto the memories of sacrifice and bravery of soldiers in all the wars past and present. 
At the school, ceremonies are held in the company of old warriors and young soldiers in uniforms bearing medals. It tugs at your heart strings when you watch them salute in honour of those who have fallen. It is truly remarkable to witness the respect given by the young who are largely untouched by the strife and mayhem of war. 
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