Pine Street in Winnipeg was renamed Valour Road after three men who live on the street, before going off to war, won the Victoria Cross during WWI. The three men were Cpl Leo Clark, Sgt. Maj. Frederick William Hall, and Lieut. Robert Shankland. Leo Clark and Fred Hall both died in the war and Robert Shankland died many years later at the age of 81.
Chris in his uniform on Valour Road.Today was the 5th time they have held a Remembrance Day ceremony on Valour Rd at the memorial there. It was very nice. They gave the citation of each man that was published when they recieved the Victoria Cross. A relative of Cpl Clark was there to read about him. The man related to Cpl Clark was the grandson of Cpl Clark's brother.
The kids were realtively well behaved. The ceremony was just long enought. We laid our poppies on the monument after the service and each of the kids laid a poppy we made that said "thank you from (each child's name)". I made one too.
The kids and the poppy's we made. A heart shaped cookie cutter has many uses. Ben looks quite impressed, I'm not sure what his problem was.
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