With Remembrance day here, it's a great idea to pop over to the Museum of the Highwood and check out their new display, "Alberta and the Great War"

It's an exhibit focusing on World War I and Museum Curator Irene Kerr says they focus on a few local soldiers who went off to war back in 1914, in particular Henry Sheppard Jr., who has Sheppard Family Park named after him.

"We have some of his medals, we have a letter from King George V. Probably a standard letter, but a hand written letter that says "Congratulations on your freedom." I often think about Henry, I'm sure there's a few people still around who knew him, and I wonder how much his experiences would have impacted him for the rest of his life."

This hand written letter from King George V was delivered to High River's Henry Sheppard Jr. after his return to Canada following World War I. Sheppard Jr. spent much of the war as a prisoner of the Germans.

One of the other soldiers featured in the exhibit is about another Sheppard, Jay Edmund Norman.

"He enlisted early on, and served in the 10th Battalion. And he was killed at Vimy Ridge. So, he's buried in France. He was 28 years old when he was killed."

Kerr says the family's life was documented in diaries from their father Henry Sheppard Sr.

"I looked in their father, Henry Sr's diary, to see around the time Jay was killed. And in Henry's diary, who wrote about so many things, he doesn't even mention the fact his son was killed in the war, and I wonder if it was just too painful to put in the diary."

The exhibit is on display until Sunday, November 26.