Dear Editor:
Thank you everyone in Wellington County and surrounding areas for your beautiful Remembrance Day tributes and displays.
Your displays helped us remember how grateful we are for all our veterans’ sacrifices, and they helped us remember and respect our war veterans like my father. Thank you also to all the Legions for the long hard work they perform in organizing such respectful services at the cenotaph.
My husband and I had the honour of attending the cenotaph service in Mount Forest. I could feel my dad smiling down at this service as it was so well organized and respectful. Thank you to everyone who participated in the service to make it so special for my dad and myself.
My dad would have felt so honoured by the amount of school children that took the time to show their respect by attending the cenotaph. Your attendance was so touching to the families of our war veterans like myself. A huge thank you goes out to the schools and teachers who took the time to teach our younger generation the importance of honouring Remembrance Day.
I also appreciated the Wellington Advertiser newspaper for providing us with the dates and times of the services in our communities.
Your Nov. 10 newspaper was such a delight for me, with the beautiful coloured Remembrance Day photographs and articles showing how other communities expressed their appreciation and honoured our war veterans like my dad.
I am so proud to be part of a community who gathered together to thank my dad and other war veterans for their service and for the freedom they gave us.
Suzanne Yates,
Minto