Dear Editor:
As the daughter of a veteran who served Canada in the Second World War, I attended the Remembrance Day Service in Elora. The crowd was small and most wore masks and all social distanced. It was a nice ceremony.
Unfortunately, the sounds and even the silence were disrupted by cars and trucks driving between the cenotaph and the people. Seems strange that we could close the roads every weekend to allow visitors from out of town to fill our streets, but we did not stop the flow of traffic for a half hour to honour our own hometown heroes.
Even if the road was not closed, where is the respect that is due them? Really people? You are so busy with your lives that you couldn’t drive a block out of your way? I find that disrespectful!
Kudos to the cement truck who stopped and then backed up (actually rolled back so that he didn’t make any noise) to take an alternative route.
Lest we forget. Rest in peace, Bobby.
Rose Parkinson,
Elora