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Continuing to Remember them Crowsnest Consolidated High School held a heartwarming ceremony for Remembrance Day on Friday, November11 JOHN KINNEAR Community Reporter It was heartwarming to, once again, see the almost capacity crowd that attended the Remembrance Day services held at Crownets Consolidated High School on Friday morning at 10:30 am. The speeches, one of which is included in this week’s paper, were, as usual, very profound and moving. The skirl of the pipes signaled the entrance of the RAMP in their red serge, a full coleur party and the Hillcrest Fireman’s honorus guard followed by a large contingent of legionnaires and veterans. There was a good cross section of children of all ages at the event which is important to note. Afterwards everyone retired to the Coleman Legion for their annual wreath laying ceremony at 12:30. Again a wonderful cross section of presenters laid wreaths at the base of the iconic Coleman Cenotaph. The cenotaph, crafted by cowboy sculpturist and artist Jack Fuller in the early 1950s, continues to hold dominion over the faithful who attend this somber commemoration. At 2:00 pm the whole process was repeated inside the Bellevue Legion to a packed house where no less than forty wreaths were laid. Those wreaths included one for Afghanistan and another for the Silver Mothers of Canada on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. Both legions had dance band entertainment following their events.
Wreaths laid down by the base of the iconic Coleman Cenotaph, created in the early 1950s.
John Kinnear photos
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