Second World War veterans are a shrinking presence on Remembrance Day | Unpublished
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Publication Date: November 10, 2025 - 21:22

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Second World War veterans are a shrinking presence on Remembrance Day

November 10, 2025

As the Second World War came to a close, Elmer Friesen and his brother, Alvin, received a letter from their Mennonite church in Aberdeen, Sask.

They could return to the church, it said, but not without publicly apologizing to the small rural congregation. They had been expecting the ultimatum since first being given the choice at the outset of the war: Serve and renounce your membership to the church, or don’t participate at all.



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