“Honouring our allies and honouring the past, all the people that fought for us and got us to where we are today. Like we can’t forget that, right.” – Kodi Fortier

“We’re walking up the mountain, and then, all of a sudden we saw a bear coming up the mountain. So we book it so fast.” – Joshua DePerry

“The flag raising is always really, touching for me because it’s the beginning of something.” – Milo Muloin

“That’s the only event that shuts down the main street.” – Patricia Hicks

Happens every year and has been a big deal throughout our childhoods, our children’s childhoods, and now with grandchildren. – Angela Bernhardt and Sheryl Henkel-Gerber recall their fondest memories of the Oktoberfest Parade, which runs through Kitchener and Waterloo.