Montreal students take part in Remembrance Day ceremony and learn how war affected Canadians at home
Posted November 11, 2022 11:24 am.
Last Updated November 11, 2022 6:30 pm.
Dunrae Gardens Elementary School in TMR held a Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday morning. The theme: how the war affected Canadians at home
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Daniel Lepore, Lieutenant, Community Relations from TMR’s security team, explained that while the soldiers were off to war, security, police and firemen took care of civilians in Canada.
Autumn Kahawíhson Horne, a teacher at Native Montreal, a centre teaching Indigenous languages for youth and adults, was on hand to also teach students about Indigenous communities and how war impacted them, how they used their languages for military coding as well during WWII.
Lieutenant Col. Bob Boutilier also was at the ceremony – he served in artillery and engineers for 30 years, commanding officer of engineer regiment in Montreal. He is president of the NDG Legion.
Kamarinos Spanos has served as a Colour Sergeant in the Army for 33 years. He was deployed to Yugoslavia in 1992 as well as served overseas in England, France and Belgium. He is a member of number four Legion in Verdun and former Dunrae parent. Recently, he led teams coordinating the military response to the COVID-19 pandemic vis-à-vis vaccination clinics and in the CHSLDS.
