Anniversary

I was at my sister, Brenda’s store today, and she was commenting on a button a customer was wearing.

Her: “Oh. There was some demonstration at the Art Gallery about some women who were killed, and this is the anniversary…?”

Me: “You mean at L'Ecole Polytechnique?”

Her: Blank look.

So for those of you who’ve forgotten, or are who are too young to remember, today is the 16th anniversary of the death of 14 engineering students, targeted by a mentally-unstable gunman because they were women.

In Canada, it’s also been declared a National Day of Mourning and the National Day to End Violence Against Women.