Local mayors have received the First Poppies as part of the Royal Canadian Legion’s annual Poppy Campaign leading up to Remembrance Day.
Legion Branch 32 president Derek Stewart and poppy chairperson Peggy Arndt delivered the first poppies to Harrison Hot Springs mayor Leo Facio and District of Kent mayor Sylvia Pranger ahead of the Legion’s poppy campaign, which runs from Oct. 28 to Nov. 10.
Poppies are sold at several locations throughout Agassiz, Harrison Rosedale, Popkum and Bridal Falls.
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There will be a short Remembrance Day service on Nov. 11 at the Cenotaph in Agassiz at 10:45 a.m. Please wear masks and practice social distancing.
2021 marks the 100th Remembrance Day campaign for the Royal Canadian Legion, officially launched on Tuesday, Oct. 26 when Legion BC/Yukon command president Angus Stanfield delivered the first poppy to B.C. Lt-Gov. Janet Austin.
“This poppy displays our gratitude for the 117,000 who have given their lives for our freedom (in service with the Canadian military),” Stanfield told Austin. “Thanks to the millions of Canadians that wear a poppy every year, the memory of men and women in our country who died in the defence of our ideals, to ensure our freedom and democratic way of life, lives on.”
– With files from Kiernan Green
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