Poppy Rocks – Remembering veterans buried in Port Elgin

Poppy Rocks – Remembering veterans buried in Port Elgin

Katharine Watt fought back tears as she recalled stories of her grandfather who served with the 18th Battalion (Bruce) in WW1. The Listowel resident, and her sister, Betty Fitzsimmons of Tiverton, were at Port Elgin’s Sanctuary Cemetery May 28 to take part in a Service of Remembrance, part of the No Stone Alone, a Canadian Memorial Foundation program to honour and remember Canada’s veterans.

Veterans of Port Elgin now honoured with ‘No Stone Left Alone’

No Stone Left Alone – for larger view, click on image On a warm, sunny morning (May 28th), families, church members, Legion members and students of the local high school gathered at the Port Elgin Cemetery. They were there as part of the ‘No Stone Left Alone‘ project to place a hand-painted stone on the graves of veterans. The concept and mission of the project is “To honour the service and sacrifice of Canada’s military by educating and inspiri…