10 November 2006

Some constructive suggestions

Wiser and cooler heads persuaded your humble e-scribbler of the need to pull the previous post on the Remembrance Day ceremonies.

In it's place, here are some observations from last year.

The committee organizing the ceremonies are a dedicated and hardworking group of volunteers. They deserve a ton of recognition for their efforts.

That said, the ceremony at the National War Memorial in St. John's has needed a review and re-organization for some time to deal with problems of crowding and the easy flow of events.

There are organizations laying wreaths that likely could be moved to another spot in the program. Worse, there are representatives of allied countries who should be there who simply don't participate.

Overall, though the site needs some physical reworking. The original layout, as noted last year allowed for more, useful space.

The site deserves to be restored to its promient place. The ceremony needs to be rearranged as well.

Maybe everyone can pull together over the next year and sort things out.