Members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Royal Canadian Legion and the Conception Harbour Beautification and Historical Preservation Committee held a parade and ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the placing of a monument to honour the sacrifice of fallen son Jamie Murphy, who lost his life serving his country in Afghanistan as a corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces. Murphy was killed when a Muslim extremist wearing a suicide vest jumped onto a jeep carrying Canadian soldiers near Kabul on January 27, 2004. Murphy was the first Newfoundlander to be killed in Canada’s effort to free Afghanistan from rule by Muslim Taliban terrorists and establish equal rights for women and the chance to go to school for girls. Some 158 Canadian soldiers and seven civilians died in Afghanistan. More than 2,000 Canadian Forces soldiers were wounded or injured. Conception Harbour named a street after Murphy – Corporal Jamie Murphy Drive – and also installed a monument. The ceremony on September 28 included a marching parade with colour party and bagpipes, speeches by dignitaries, including Premier Andrew Furey, and the unveiling of the refurbished grounds around the monument. Unfortunately, after Canada, the United States, Britain and other western allies pulled out of Afghanistan, the Taliban quickly overthrew the government and have since banned girls again from attending school beyond the primary level and reestablished the practice of child marriages. Olivia Bradbury photo