GuelphToday received the following letter to the editor from Margaret and Albert Abbink regarding the Remembrance day ceremonies at the Sleeman Centre:
Remembrance Day service at the Sleeman Centre. This is a very solemn service and it would not be possible to do this outside at the Cenotaph. The service is over an hour long. Young and old attend. It is dignified and moving.
There are ceremonies at the various cenotaphs and cemeteries in Guelph on Nov. 11, but only the Sleeman Centre can provide appropriate space. That is how we come together to show honour to those who died and all those who served in all the conflicts since WWI.
My husband and I have been attending since we came to Guelph almost 50 years ago. We were both born in the Netherlands and were Liberated by the Canadian Armed Forces in 1945.
We will always remember with gratitude.
– Margaret and Albert Abbink
