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They came in droves to honour the “everyday Canadian heroes� of our past and present. The gym at St. Leonard’s Catholic Elementary School, in Manotick, was packed with children, adults, veterans and media as local politicians gathered to award poppy plaques to our war veterans. The plaques are part of what began as “Celebrating Nepean’s Finest,� an initiative by the Nepean Museum to personally and individually thank each local veteran, expanding outward postamalgamation, growing into a national program to honour “Canada’s Best.� The assembly was treated to fantastic voices singing the national anthem and Alyssa Mahoney's solo of an original composition based on the intrinsically Canadian poem, In Flanders Fields. The Remembrancethemed Canadian historical moments that sometimes still air on TV held the audience's rapt attention as each video faded into the next, showing Canadian forces at their finest from World War I to Canadian-led United Nations efforts in overseas.

CTV’s Michael O’Bryne emceed the event and directed the majority of his comments to the children in the audience, first asking their ages, then telling them that many, many soldiers who fought in both World Wars were sometimes as young as 16. This day belonged to the local survivors. “We are here to say ‘thank you’,� said Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre, who has had a large role in the poppy plaque program. “Often we think Canadian vets are distant heroes; but they live right here. These heroes are your neighbours.� He then urged the Grade 6 students who participated in the program to talk to their veteran neighbours and learn about the past. “Today we celebrate their courage by saying we will not forget,� he said. As the 60-plus veterans paraded single-file and their names read aloud, the room filled with pride and defeaning applause. After watching a music video for A Pittance of Time (about the two minutes of silence we observe on Remembrance Day), the crowd dispersed to chat with old — and new — friends and vetereans. Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Glenn Brooks said the pro-

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SILVER CROSS MOTHER: The Vernon Remembrance Day ceremony was held at the Osgoode Township Museum and Historical Society, last Saturday. Osgoode Branch 589 president Wilburn Cowan escorts Silver Cross Mother Barbara Brogan to place a wreath at the cenotaph. gram is “long overdue� and espoused the leadership of Bob Wilson, vice president of the museum, and Poilievre for bringing the “political prominence that this kind of

ceremony demands. “I think it is an excellent program," Brooks said. "I’m glad to see that there are some organizations out there willing to contribute to this,

because it is going to take, as Bob (Wilson) says, about $80,000 to complete the program.� Scotiabank has donated more than $10,000. It's mon-

ey well spent. "It was educational for the youth and rewarding for the veterans," MP Poilievre concluded. "And a humbling experience for us all."

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