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Queen Charlotte students lay poppies at gravesites

Some students from Queen Charlotte School got a real life history lesson Wednesday.

Trip was part of national initiative leading up to Remembrance Day

Queen Charlotte Grade 8 student Did Hassan lays a poppy beside a grave at The People's Cemetery on Wednesday. (Patrick Faller/CBC)

Some students from Queen Charlotte School got a real life history lesson Wednesday.

They placed poppies on the gravesites of about 125 veterans at the People's Cemetery in Charlottetown.

It was part of No Stone Left Alone, a national initiative to honour the sacrifices of men and women in the military.

Queen Charlotte students honour war veterans at The People's Cemetery in Charlottetown. (Patrick Faller/CBC)

"I felt like I did something good for someone else, instead of always doing something good for myself," said Grade 8 student Didi Hassan. "It's a beautiful thing just to be able to pay respect to your veterans for helping make this country free."

Thousands of students in nine provinces are taking part in No Stone Left Alone, which leads up to Remembrance Day.