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Afghanistan Community
Monument is a chance to
educate and remember
Laura Broadley
Postmedia Network
The Huron County
Afghanistan Community
Monument will be a way for
residents of the county to
remember those who have
fought for our freedom.
The monument is a demil-
itarized Light Armoured
Vehicle that will sit on the
property of the Huron
County Museum. The monu-
ment is a tribute to the
40,000 men and women who
served in Afghanistan
between 2001 and 2014, and
it will be dedicated to the 158
fallen Canadian soldiers.
One of those soldiers is
Wingham's Corporal
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Matthew Dinning He was
killed in action on April 22,
2006 at Gumbad, Afghani-
stan when he was
23 -years -old.
The site at the museum is
a good spot because it's
already connected with the
history of the area. The
museum is already a spot
people come to learn, and
the monument will just add
to that experience, said Mat-
thew's mother, Laurie.
"I think it's going to be a
great tool for future genera-
tions," she added.
It's especially important
for young people to learn
about war and sacrifice in a
different way and because of
the local connection they are
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When she was growing up,
Laurie said the World War
Two veterans would come to
Remembrance Day ceremo-
nies, the children saw them
and were able to connect
war with people they knew.
"It's another teaching tool
that, hopefully, the schools
and parents will take advan-
tage or Laurie said.
When Laurie and her fam-
ily found out the Goderich
Legion Branch 109 was
spearheading an application
to get the monument to
Huron County, they were
immediately supportive of
the idea. They knew it was
going to be a lot of work for
everyone, especially com-
mittee co-chairs Deb Shew-
felt and Paul Thorne.
Laurie said the Goderich
Legion has always been sup-
portive of her family over the
last 10 years.
"As a parent you always
want, and hope that people
will always remember your
child," Laurie said.
"In our case we are very
blessed to have people like
Paul and his committee that
are willing to work hard to
do that."
It's essential for students
to understand how fortu-
nate they are the have the
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Matthew Dinning was just 23 -years -old when he was killed while on duty in Afghanistan in 2006.
His mother, Laurie said she thinks the monument will help the younger generation remember our
veterans.
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leges afforded to them, and
the monument could help
with that. Going to school,
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thing that much of the
world doesn't offer.
Laurie said even before
Matthew was posted he was
excited about the opportu-
nity to help young girls get
an education, by doing
things like making sure they
were safe going to and from
school.
"Things that our kids
would never, ever think
about," Laurie said.
Another way the commu-
nity is helping keep Mat-
thew's, and all of the fallen
Canadian soldiers' memo-
ries alive will be happening
in Blyth this summer.
The Blyth Festival
approached the Dinnings a
couple of years ago with the
idea of putting on a play
inspired by their story.
Playwright Christopher
Morris has been working
with the Dinnings to create a
script that would do the
story justice.
The world premiere of Our
Beautiful Sons: Remember-
ing Matthew Dinning will
show on the Blyth Festival
stage on June 15. The run of
the show is set to go until
August 6.
"We were just thrilled that
they would want to do some-
thing like this," Laurie said.
Ever since Matthew was
killed, the community has
rallied around the Dinnings.
He was only 23 -years -old
and that hits home for a lot
of people, Laurie said.
"We were so over-
whelmed," Laurie said.
"There were 2,300 people at
Matthew's funeral."
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