LDSS presence at Remembrance service refreshing

If you didn't drive through uptown Leamington on Remembrance Day, you may have missed a moving tribute to our veterans.

The students of Leamington District Secondary School lined the streets, one thousand strong, all waving Canadian flags as the Remembrance Day parade marched from the Legion to the cenotaph.

The history students from LDSS were even more involved as they marched in the parade, many of them carrying bristol board signs with Leamington's war heroes' names.

To see this act of remembrance was moving, knowing that each of these kids braved the crisp fall temperatures to make this event happen.

We wrote a couple of weeks ago about our wish to see Remembrance Day made a statutory holiday in this province and our stance hasn't changed.

Obviously, the staff and students at LDSS believe strongly enough in the special day to forego classes for a couple of hours and devote their time to something more important.

And that, quite frankly, is refreshing.

The war dead of Leamington are long gone, but hopefully will never be forgotten.

They gave their lives for their community and country.

We challenge all of the other schools in this community take the hint from the good folks at LDSS.

Let's fill that park with thousands of people next November 11.

It's the least we can do.