09/30/2026
Today we remember the children and suffering they endured. They mattered and so does the future generations of children to come.
In 1973, Phyllis Webstad, age 6, arrived at residential school in a new orange shirt her grandmother had bought her. To her, the shirt stood for belonging. It was taken away on her first day.
Today, in part, is about what was taken from children.
๐ชถ READ: https://orangeshirtday.org/about/phyllis-story/