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Trip 2008 - Lockerbie Academy Remembers
For the last 10 years
students from Lockerbie Academy have visited the battlefields
of World War1 to pay their respects to those who fought and died
and also to help with their Standard Grade History course. This
year we decided that as it was our 10th visit and also because
it was 20 years since the Pan Am disaster that we would do something
a little bit special to remember those who had lost their lives
from our small community in the South of Scotland and wider afield.
We asked permission of the Last Post Association in Ypres if we
could take part in the ceremony held every night at the Menin
Gate. They agreed without hesitation and so on the last night
of our visit Taylor Edwards played the lament, Flowers of the
Forest, beside the local buglers who had earlier played The Last
Post. Four pupils; John Beardon, Emma Scott, Thomas Illingworth
and Nicole Lawrie layed two wreaths on behalf of the school and
the community of Lockerbie.
All pupils on the trip were very aware of the importance of the
trip and its significance to the school and our community and
the way they participated and reacted did us all proud. Responsible
Citizenship is a phrase we hear debated a great deal and I can
guarantee to you that the 41 students on this trip were young
people who achieved this status and beyond. The school and its
students place a huge emphasis on the importance of the word remembrance
and will continue to do so as we understand that the past can
teach us a great deal about the future. The young people involved
did the school and the community proud and we hope have asked
them to think more about remembrance and its importance.
M Turner, Principal Teacher, Humanities Faculty
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