An item from the Legion Magazine.
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Tough talk: Advocates mince no words delivering inclusion message to Legionnaires
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Want to Participate in the Online Commemoration Day Service?
The Commemoration Day Virtual Service began during the first year of the pandemic. Everything had been shut down, including all of the activities of Royal Canadian Legion US Branch #25. When the closure began in March our members watched as the annual inspection of our local division of sea cadets cancelled. Then March became April, and then May – and the annual ANZAC Day events and our US Memorial Day service were both cancelled. By June, the branch had cancelled its third monthly membership meetings, and planning to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations charter, which occurred in San Francisco, was postponed indefinitely.
Around that time a Canadian ex-pat organization called the Digital Moose Lounge contacted us to see if the branch wanted to participate in the virtual Canada Day celebration that they were planning. One of our executive at the time was a native Newfoundlander, and we saw an opportunity. As Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are aware, in addition to being Canada Day, July 1st is also Memorial Day or Commemoration Day in the province – a day when we remember the tragic events of the Battle of Beaumont Hamel. To honour that tradition, and as a way to begin to engage both the members of our branch and our local cadets again, we sought to create a virtual sunrise service for Commemoration Day.
The tradition of this virtual service continues as a way to engage our members who are not local to the Bay Area. Branch 25 is in the process of planning its annual Commemoration Day virtual service. The virtual service will feature individual videos combined into a single virtual service. As such, we are asking our members to submit three videos for inclusion in the service:
- a video where you say “Lest we forget”
- a video where you say “We will remember them”
- a video where you say “Happy Canada Day”
You do not need special equipment to record these videos. A cell phone or tablet video is fine. We just ask that videos be taken in landscape format, not in portrait.
If possible, dress in their Legion uniform. However, any formal attire is appropriate (e.g., what you might wear to a Remembrance Day service at your local cenotaph).
Videos can be uploaded to https://tinyurl.com/RCLcommemorationday2023
An important announcement from Director Bloemraad on program leadership
An item from a fellow Canadian organization in the Bay Area. The Branch congratulates Director Bloemraad on her 10 years of leadership. She and her team have been wonderful partners with the Royal Canadian Legion. We also look forward to working with interim Director Rhodes.
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Canada Day Picnic July 1st TICKETS
A upcoming event from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.
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Branch Participation Through The ANAVETS Unit #19 (Mexico) in Chapala Memorial Day Service
Several of our members are based in Mexico and, in addition to being members of our branch, they are also members of the Army, Navy and Air Force Association in Canada (ANAVETS) – Unit #19 (Mexico).
The ANAVETS Mexico chapter was requested to assist as the working staff for a Memorial Day event by the President of the American Legion is Post #7 (Chapala). Several Canadian veterans, including branch member Larry Wooley, had the privilege to plant flags and flowers on graves of American veterans at the Chapala City Cemetery. Comrade Wooley also served as the Sergeant-at-Arms in the flag party for the event that was associated with the commemoration earlier today. Pictured below are two of the Canadian veterans placing these items (including Comrade Wooley in his Sgt-at-Arms hat).
Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 