EDSS student earns plenty of kudos of submission to Legion poster contest

Bill Atwood Observer Staff

AN EDSS STUDENT’S TRIBUTE TO veterans has received provincial recognition. Shana Mitchell’s entry into the Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day poster contest finished second in Ontario in the black and white category.

“I just wanted to capture the seriousness behind it, and how much it affected people,” said Mitchell, a Grade 12 student.

The hand-drawn poster features silhouettes of soldiers across the bottom with hands holding a 3D poppy with the words “Their Sacrifice Our Freedom” written across the top.

“I chose that because I wanted to capture just how it was their sacrifice, and they fought for our freedom. And I had the poppy just for symbolism,”