{"id":24490,"date":"2021-11-02T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=24490"},"modified":"2021-11-02T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:30:00","slug":"video-photos-new-wooden-soldier-in-elmsdale-re-dedicated-in-touching-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=24490","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO\/PHOTOS: New wooden soldier in Elmsdale re-dedicated in touching ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> The wooden soldier at the Elmsdale Square has officially been re-dedicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In what left many feeling like they were attending a full Elmsdale Legion Remembrance Day ceremony, complete with the bag pipes, the Colour Party marching in, playing of Remembrance Day-themed music, the wooden soldier carved by Colin Rogers was unveiled by Rogers and the help of the parents of the late Cpl. Kevin Megeney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous wooden soldier that had stood watch over the Elmsdale cenotaph and many had come to know as a mainstay in the area was beginning to break down to age and weather. It was placed there in tribute of Cpl. Megeney, who was a member of the 1st Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders and called Pictou County home. He died at the Kandahar Airfield base on March 6, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;145&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the new soldier, Rogers wanted to ensure Cpl. Megeney&#8217;s memory continued, while also having the new soldier as a tribute to his own grandfather, John Rogers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is our video of the service and post-ceremony interviews with Cpl. Megeney&#8217;s parents and Ron Cooper, president of the Elmsdale Legion. Video edited by: Dagley Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wooden Soldier Re-dedication in Elmsdale\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hdzT9_1qvSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/101-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24571\"\/><figcaption>Karen Megeney spoke about what it meant that her son&#8217;s memory would live on in the new soldier. 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