Lloydminster’s Remembrance Day service honoured Indigenous soldiers of Canada for the first time.
Taylor Weaver – Meridian Source
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Cynthia Young and two of her grandchildren, Tenley and Torryn Jordan, laid the inaugural wreath at Lloydminster Comprehensive High School on Nov. 11.
“We talked about doing this last year and the organizers made sure we were on the list this year,” said Young. “I made sure we were all in our proper outfits and away we went to represent our culture and our people.”
Although it was a first in the Border City, this wasn’t the Jordan siblings’ first time taking part in a Remembrance Day ceremony.
“We went to France last year and led the parade in front of all the soldiers, and we got to hold the Canadian flag,” said nine-year-old Tenley.
The siblings were invited to take part in the parade as their great-uncle, Napoleon Morin, fought for Canada during the Second World War.
“My uncle stormed the beach, made it inland, and was captured and passed on June 11, 1944,” said Young. “We’ve been overseas twice to honour him and actually talked to the people who take care of him. It sent chills up my spine.”
The experience left the three filled with pride and honour to represent their culture.
“We contributed a lot of things to the war, and I thought about those things while standing there representing,” said Young. “It was nice to represent my culture, my uncle, and my family.”
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