Today is November 11th, 1923, five years after the War.
Remembrance Day is celebrated throughout the nation, as we honor and remember the soldiers who risked and surrendered their lives for our freedom. Many boys in our own little community of Avonlea also fought against the raging Germans, many of them never returned home, others did, with heroic or tragic stories to bring back home to their loved ones. Life has returned to normal now in Canada after the war overseas, however, it is nearly impossible to forget the struggles we have been through.
The pupils of the Avonlea School will recite the poem, In Flanders' Fields by Lt. Col. John McCrae at the Avonlea General Store next Monday, at 3pm.
There will also be a remembrance service at the Avonlea Presbyterian Church this Sunday. Poppies will be sold by the Avonlea School pupils, and the money raised will go to soldiers injured in the war. Lest we forget...
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