PHS students hold memorial service

2017-11-14 Liz Draper 260 Views

Students at Pontiac High School took part in their own Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday afternoon in the school gymnasium. Pictured, Connor Stephens speaks during the ceremony.

CALEB NICKERSON
SHAWVILLE Nov. 10, 2017
Students at Pontiac High School gathered in their gymnasium on Friday afternoon for a sombre ceremony honouring Remembrance Day.
Members of the student council led the service, recounting several important battles in the Canadian military’s history, including Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele and Dieppe. After they were done, a video on Vimy Ridge was played, showing the students some of the horrors that the generations before them had endured. This past April marked the 100th anniversary of the historic battle.
Connor Stephens read a letter penned by Sgt. David L. Davies, relative of PHS librarian Jennifer Davies, to his wife while stationed in Holland at the end of WWII.

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