Volunteers put up 215 crosses bedecked with children91裸聊视频檚 clothing at the Derek Doubleday Arboretum in Langley on Tuesday morning.

A sign explained the display offers visitors a moment to reflect on the memory of the children found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

91裸聊视频淪hould you choose, take time to remember, honour and reflect on the tiny souls, their families and the community,91裸聊视频� the sign read.

It was the idea of Cecilia Reekie, a former Langley school trustee and self-described 91裸聊视频渋nter-generational survivor91裸聊视频� who said she was inspired by the sight of crosses with clothing when she visited Kamloops after news of the discovery broke.

91裸聊视频淭hey were somebody91裸聊视频檚 babies,91裸聊视频� she told the Langley Advance Times.

91裸聊视频淎nd sadly, there91裸聊视频檚 going to be more.91裸聊视频�

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Reekie said she selected clothing that the children wouldn91裸聊视频檛 have worn, because they were in uniform.

One in particular touched her, a tiny white dress with orange trim and a ribbon on the front, which exactly matched the colour seen during the annual Orange Shirt Day held to recognize and raise awareness about the residential school system

Reekie praised the and Township of Langley parks staff for their 91裸聊视频渁mazing91裸聊视频� assistance.

Foundation Executive Director Susan Cairn, who took part in the installation, said the crosses represent 91裸聊视频渢he magnitude of the atrocity.91裸聊视频�

Cairns said the 215 91裸聊视频渘ever had a chance to grow up, to have a 10th birthday, or graduate, or be mothers, fathers [or] grandfathers.

Langley City Coun. Rosemary Wallace, a director with the foundation, joined in the volunteer effort.

91裸聊视频淭his is a very important message,91裸聊视频� Wallace commented.

91裸聊视频淚t gets right in your gut and your heart.91裸聊视频�

Volunteer Una-Ann Moyer, a former aboriginal support worker in the Langley school district, said the crosses make a visual statement that a number does not.

91裸聊视频淭his, to me, is powerful,91裸聊视频� Moyer commented.

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It was an opinion shared by Langley City resident Judy Goldsmith, a board member on the , who said seeing the crosses filling the green space in the front of the park makes them more than 91裸聊视频渢his number in our head.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭hese kids were somebody91裸聊视频檚 babies, and they can91裸聊视频檛 be forgotten,91裸聊视频� Goldsmith said.

Reekie said she expects the crosses will be up 91裸聊视频渋ndefinitely.91裸聊视频�

In May, the Tk91裸聊视频檈mlups te Secw茅pemc First Nation confirmed the remains of 215 children who were students of the Kamloops Indian Residential School had been found using ground-penetrating radar.