Woodstock Remembrance Day ceremony, Digi Mart USA News (Woodstock): Hundreds of people packed Victoria Park Cenotaph in Woodstock to remember veterans. The Remembrance Day ceremony included wreaths being laid as well as flyovers.
Legion Branch 55 member Ron Findlater said he was thrilled with the turnout. “The numbers are always great to see, and this year I was really pleased to see them.
I think there were maybe 4 classrooms of students here, and we’ve often had lots of students, but never en masse, I think like we did today.”
Findlater said that if we will always remember, it is important to make sure children know what they are supposed to remember and why. He noted that every battle our soldiers were involved in holds a special place in how our country has been shaped.
“If we don’t take the time to remember what took place from 1914 to 18, 1939 to 45, the Korean War, and the years of peacekeeping and Afghanistan and the rest, who knows where we would be.”
Findlater said it is important to learn from our mistakes, and that the freedoms we have come at a cost. He said we need to appreciate those freedoms and the sacrifices it took to secure them.
