Comrade Peter Martin, Manitoba coordinator of the No Stone Left Alone (NLSA) Ceremony, invites the community to witness and experience the ceremony.
Date: Monday, November 7th 2022
Time: 10:00 am for actual ceremony (school buses arrive at 9:30am)
Where: Transcona Cemetery-Field of Honour (on Dugald)
Who: Grade 6 Students from Transcona School (RETSD)
The Ceremony involves over 500 Transcona Grade 6 Students who will stand at the foot of the grave of a Transcona Soldier. After a brief ceremony they will place their poppy on the top of the headstone.
Any Veterans are asked to attend and stand by the podium. The students will offer a “silent salute” of appreciation to those Veterans for their service and the Veterans will return the salute.
This ceremony is about getting students out of the classroom to stand in front of the headstones of Veterans and silently reflect on their service and to acknowledge the service of Veterans still alive.
After the ceremony, each student will receive a hand painted (painted by Tova Anderson) stone of Remembrance as a keepsake for their participation in this ceremony.
Peter encourages all Veterans from any part of the city to attend and hopes to have a large contingent of Afghanistan Veterans. This is the sixth year for this ceremony and in past years, Veterans are moved to tears when they are offered a salute of appreciation from so many youth.
