County declares November ‘Month of Remembrance’

Luke Edwards

Grant Haven Media

Norfolk County will encourage its residents to remember the fallen throughout the entire month of November this year.

While communities across the country have long taken a moment on Nov. 11 - along with the Legion’s poppy campaign leading up to Remembrance Day - to pay tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country, Norfolk will now stretch those remembrances through the entire month. Councillors supported a motion by Kim Huffman at the Sept. 22 council meeting declaring November a Month of Remembrance.

“I think this would be a wonderful idea for our community,” she said.

Huffman said having a month of remembrance could also help keep the history alive for younger generations further removed from the two world wars and major conflicts where Canadian soldiers fought and died.

“It’s beneficial for our youth to continue to encourage them to remember and participate in the remembrance of everything that has happened before them,” she said.

Councillors agreed to waive the procedural bylaw to vote on the motion at the same meeting. Huffman said speeding up the process will help them get things in place for this November.