Youth in Remembrance

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By Todd Curran

Squadrons of young Cadets and Scouts honoured Remembrance Day by placing poppies on the graves of fallen veterans in Okotoks, High River and Black Diamond cemeteries.
Five members, Hunter, Harley Jean, Daniel Adrian and Jonathan, of the 1st Oilfields Scouts led by James Tucker and Steve Madeyski, placed poppies on the headstones in the Field of Honour at the Black Diamond Cemetery,
An Air Cadet group beautified veterans' graves in High River with poppies while John Paul II Collegiate students, Boy Scouts and Cadets placed poppies in the Field of Honour and other specific resting places in the Foothills Cemetery in Okotoks.
As the next generation of youth inherits the legacy of freedom that Canadian veterans fought to preserve, they not only learn to be thankful, but have the opportunity to be involved in honouring all that Remembrance Day stands for.
Organizers of the project are aiming to make the act of remembrance an annual tradition.