Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: April 5, 2016
• Invested on: November 25, 2016

A history teacher at the Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute, Aaron Blake Seward developed the Lest We Forget project with the help of his Grade 10 class, documenting the history of local soldiers who died in service to Canada during the First World War. The project was so successful it was replicated across the Upper Canada District School Board and has inspired a pan-Canadian project for students, involving Library and Archives Canada and Veterans Affairs Canada.