November 11 will mark the 100th Remembrance Day ceremony at the historic Norfolk War Memorial Carillon Tower on Norfolk Street. “The ceremony is very well done and it’s usually a good crowd,” said Bruce Wilson, president of the Army Navy Air Force Unit 255 in Simcoe. “It’s good to see the kids out. It should be acknowledged by the schools – a lot of students, even high school students, don’t know what it’s all about. “I do it for me and for the veterans. In my heart, it makes me feel good.”

The Royal Canadian Legion, Delhi Branch 125, introduced the ‘No Stone Left Alone’ initiative to the Delhi area this year. “It’s in its 15th year,” said Trudy Ingraham. “The lady who started it, out west, her mother was a veteran. On Remembrance Day, she placed a poppy on her mother’s grave, and she realized there were a lot of other headstones of veterans laid to rest there. She felt it would be a nice idea if they all were remembered.”

Jake Ireland’s grandfather, Harry Samuel Green, was a soldier in the First World War. “That’s really why I’m here,” said Ireland, volunteering at a Royal Canadian Legion, Simcoe Branch 79 poppy station Sunday afternoon in Simcoe. “I’ve been doing this for maybe 10 years.” Ireland’s grandfather, Harry Samuel Green, was a Home Child, born Oct. 20, 1893, in Aldershot, Hampshire. He was placed in the National Children’s Home following the death of his mother. Harry’s father, who worked at the army