The Story of Victoria High School's Roll of Honor, 1918
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Walking through the front doors of Victoria High School, the Auditorium greets visitors. However, they may not notice the plaque on the wall, let alone a framed document hanging outside the Principal’s office which has been there since 1920.
The Roll of Honor is a unique and extraordinary document that holds sentimental and historical value. It is a commemoration, one that serves as a reminder of the cost of peace, and the lives that were sacrificed for the freedom that we enjoy and take for granted every day.
With the assistance of J.S. McMillan in the design and execution, the graduating class of 1916-17 and 1917-18 hand- wrote the names of every single soldier who had bravely gone off to fight in the Great War. The students also marked a red diamond beside the names of the soldiers who perished.
This piece includes the names of 499 soldiers, teachers, students and nurses. Each name represents a person who had been in this high school and walked the same halls that every student, administrator and guest does every day. Every single day there is a reminder that might go unnoticed as each person enters the school, so our challenge to you, is to stop, look over the names of those brave soldiers and remember that the freedom and peace we know
today did not always exist.
- by Krysteena White
The Roll of Honor is a unique and extraordinary document that holds sentimental and historical value. It is a commemoration, one that serves as a reminder of the cost of peace, and the lives that were sacrificed for the freedom that we enjoy and take for granted every day.
With the assistance of J.S. McMillan in the design and execution, the graduating class of 1916-17 and 1917-18 hand- wrote the names of every single soldier who had bravely gone off to fight in the Great War. The students also marked a red diamond beside the names of the soldiers who perished.
This piece includes the names of 499 soldiers, teachers, students and nurses. Each name represents a person who had been in this high school and walked the same halls that every student, administrator and guest does every day. Every single day there is a reminder that might go unnoticed as each person enters the school, so our challenge to you, is to stop, look over the names of those brave soldiers and remember that the freedom and peace we know
today did not always exist.
- by Krysteena White