I just received a call from Dick Cook who told me the trip to Beaumont Hamel went off without a hitch. Everyone was impressed by Gerry Squires' and Boyd Chubbs' art work which now proudly graces the walls of the museum there. It hangs as a perpetual reminder and memorial to those Feildians who made the ultimate sacrifice of themselves and their futures for peace at that terrible place for Newfoundlanders. We will remember them.
Dick said the weather was good and the ceremony was Feildian in all respects. Thank you Rex Anthony for sponsoring the reception afterwards; it was most appreciated. Thank you to those who took part in the ceremony of installation. I could write more now but I will be saving it for our new web site where we will have pictures and text.
Thank you Bill Rompkey for the idea and Dick for your tireless efforts over the past two years to make this a reality. Any Feildian who goes to Beaumont Hamel in the future as a tourist will be reminded of his alma mater's contribution to peace in the world when he sees our painting hanging there and the words of the motto should then resound in his ears, "Non Moritur Cujus Fama Vivit"
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