Several members of the Church of the Holy Spirit are proud to have helped with the amazing poppy display created by residents of Oakwood Terrace Nursing Home in Dartmouth to help commemorate Remembrance Day 2020.
Church members helped with the creation of the poppies as well as providing a space in the church where the more than 2,000 hand-made poppies could be attached to the mesh that facilitates such a large display.
Here is a link to a story about the project which was broadcast by CTV Atlantic Live at 5 on Tuesday (Nov. 4)…
From the Oakwood Terrace Facebook page…
The residents were inspired by a past news story on ‘CBC the National’ of a stunning poppy display created by members of the United Church in Calgary. We were surprised to learn that this project is popular in many parts of Europe. Knowing that we live in a city with a long military history, we thought it would be fitting to launch our own poppy project. Our city’s strong military presence is a vital part of our culture, economy, and identity. Halifax has made major contributions to the war efforts of WW2 including our pier 21. It also has strong ongoing military sectors which includes CFB Halifax based on our historical harbour.Many of our residents remember what it was like to live during WW2. Some served overseas or had husbands, brothers or uncles who served. Women contributed to the war effort by volunteering their time and skills in various organizations and agencies. Their vivid memories and stories remind us of this dark time in our history and urge the next generation to never forget the sacrifices made by these incredible men and women.We have a knitting group that meets once a week at Oakwood. Some of our members, which includes residents, family and volunteers, were eager to start our own poppy project. We knew we could use some help and reached out to community volunteers to help us create the poppies and sew them on a canvas. Together we created over 2000 poppies and have sewn them on a canvas to make a poppy art display. We have put up a poppy art display outside of our front entrance. On Friday we will be moving the display to our local cenotaph at Sullivan’s Pond in Dartmouth. It will stay on display for Remembrance Day. We hope that during this difficult year of COVID and with many large gatherings cancelled, it will give us a visual to remind us to pause and remember this important day.
And here is a photo gallery…
What an amazing project for the Church to be a part of!
Congratulations to residents and staff at Oakwood that made it happen.