After a recent windstorm broke the flagpole at the Caledonia cenotaph, the students decided to take responsibility for getting a new one in time to mark the June 6 anniversary of the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, France. It normally would fall to the local legion to replace the broken flagpole, but that legion shut its doors a few years ago. The flagpole fell, so we decide to step up to the task," Grade 9 student Sage Apostolofski told CBC's Maritime Noon. Grade 12 student Rhylee Bower is shown reading the inscription on the cenotaph in Caledonia, N.S. The project has helped make the war experience more real for the students, who will also be attending the June 6 D-Day and flagpole-raising ceremonies at the Caledonia cenotaph, said Apostolofski.

Source: CBC News May 19, 2019 09:00 UTC