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In many cases the people you see leading Remembrance Day ceremonies are older – they’re the ones who lived through the big wars.
But there are some teens who take steps to help people remember – those who are in the cadets.
Kyriah Pickering, 15, is a cadet with the Royal Regina Rifles.
“It’s a very special day and it’s very sad day. I cry every year.”
Pickering said Remembrance Day was different before she was a cadet.
“Before, you’d learn it in school, and it was just like, okay you go to an assembly and you sit and you stand and you sit and you stand. Whereas this way you actually get to go and you do some drill and you stand, and you actually learn, and you ‘kinda feel closer and more understanding of everything.”
She said, for her, Remembrance Day isn’t just about remembering those lost in wars but everyone who came before and worked to get us where we are today. Pickering said she’ll be doing a ceremony at school, and will take part in a ceremony out of school on Wednesday as well.
“I’ll be remembering, and I’ll be presenting and doing all this drill and showing all of this for everyone who fought.”
