'They were the same age as us': Westmount High students research former-student veterans

Tons of of graduates from Westmount Excessive in Montreal joined the army over the previous 150 years –144 of them died in battle. It’s part of the varsity’s historical past right now’s college students know properly, partially due to the everlasting show within the faculty's foyer. College students learn their names throughout a Remembrance Day Ceremony Thursday. The occasion got here with a second of realization for scholar Kenya Yeboah-Whyne, who says she realized lots of these troopers have been barely older than she is now.