With Remembrance Day approaching next month, the Prince George Citizen is planning a special section in our Nov. 11 edition to honour the men and women who have fought for our country.
We hope to recognize those who have served – from the earliest days of this country’s existence, to those serving today.
Sadly, few if any local veterans of the First World War, Second World War and Korean War remain. But the Citizen is hoping to give those veterans a chance to tell their stories in their own words.
Any Prince George families who have letters, war journals or other first-hand accounts written by family members who served in those wars – and are willing to share them with the public – are asked to email acting editor Arthur Williams at awilliams@pgcitizen.ca before Nov. 5.
The Citizen hopes to transcribe some of those letters and run them in our Remembrance Day special section on Nov. 11. If we receive more submissions than we can run this year, we’ll look to save some for future years.
While the veterans of those conflicts are largely gone now, their sacrifice is not forgotten.
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