They shall not be forgotten

‘Poppy Rock’ initiative to continue this year

May 24, 2022 @ 8:41 pmLocal News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

John Hemstock, caretaker at the Walkerton Cemetery, shows Jan Briggs McGowan where war veterans are buried, in preparation for this year’s continuation of the poppy rock initiative. (Pauline Kerr photo)
BROCKTON – A group of people, most of them members of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102, Walkerton, is determined to honour the memory of all war veterans buried in Brockton cemeteries by placing small rocks painted with the poppy symbol of remembrance on each grave. Last year, thanks to painstaking research spearheaded by Clarence Kieffer,…
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Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.