N.S. school backtracks from no-uniform request for its Remembrance Day ceremony
HALIFAX — A school outside Halifax has backed away from its request that service members not wear military uniforms to its Remembrance Day ceremony.
A November newsletter from Sackville Heights Elementary in Middle Sackville, N.S., invited Armed Forces members to attend its ceremony but asked that all attendees arrive in civilian attire to “maintain a welcoming environment for all.”
Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston, who is currently running for re-election, accused the school’s leaders of “disgracing themselves while demeaning the people who protect our country” in a post on the social media platform X Thursday night.
In an email to families Thursday night, the school’s principal, Rachael Webster, apologized and welcomed military family members to attend “in the attire that makes them most comfortable.”