Remembrance Day goes beyond November for Rick Hansen Public School

November 10, 2016 · 0 Comments

Around the Commonwealth, the Red Poppy has become a symbol permanently associated with Remembrance and the month of November, but local students and staff at Rick Hansen Public School have been working on their poppy pride for far longer. The Poppy, so linked...

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