Poppies adorn a wreath at a Remembrance Day ceremony at Old City Hall in Toronto on Nov. 11, 2024.Photo by Ernest Doroszuk / Postmedia

Letters: 'Shameful' hijacking of Remembrance Day won't be forgotten

Readers weigh in on Nov. 11 debacles, the Amsterdam pogrom, possible barbarians at the gates and more in letters to the editor

by · National Post

‘Can we not cede the stage to our soldiers just for one day?’

Re: Ontario school played Palestinian protest song in Arabic as its Remembrance Day music — Adrian Humphreys, Nov. 11; Nova Scotia principal ‘deeply sorry’ for requesting no uniforms on Remembrance Day — Chris Lambie, Nov. 8; and The woke takeover of Remembrance Day — Michael Higgins, Nov. 13

The recent statement by the principal of Sir Robert Borden High School in Ottawa that Remembrance Day is usually only about “a white guy who has done something related to the military” demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of those who sacrificed their all in preserving our freedoms.