2021 represents the 90th anniversary of US Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion – 12 August 2021 to be exact.  I know this because as the in-coming President, I have received several boxes and bags of files, photographs, and commemorative items that have been passed down by my predecessors.  Among the files are piles of old letterhead and stationary…

Over the holidays you may have noticed that we have been quietly adding historical items to our website.  For example, we have posted items such as:

• Armistice Day Parade – Sacramento (11 November 1938)
• Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Float (1938)
• Canadian Legion Pipers – San Jose (1940-1950)
• Mayor Helen Putnam and members of the Royal Canadian Legion, Petaluma, CA (April 1977)
• Memorial Day (29 May 1983)
• Queen’s Birthday Ball  (09 June 1984)
• Basic Training Weekend (Spring 1985)
• Memorial Day (27 May 1985)
• Dunsmuir Highland Games (14 July 1985)
• 1st Btn, B Coy, 12th Plt Black Watch of Canada RHR Take San Francisco (06 December 1987)
• 8th Annual Festival of Remembrance (10 November 1991)
• Memorial Day 1995 (29 May 1995)
• 130th Annual Scottish Highland Gathering and Games in Pleasanton (02 September 1995)
• Festival of Remembrance 1995 (12 November 1995)
• Second Annual Canuck Bash (24 September 1998)
• 135th Annual Scottish Highland Gathering and Games in Pleasanton (03 September 2000)
• Vimy Day Dinner (07 April 2001)
• 136th Annual Scottish Highland Gathering and Games in Pleasanton (01 September 2001)
• Memorial Day 2009 (25 May 2009)

Additionally, we are in the process of digitizing all of the branch’s old monthly newsletters from 1996-2003 to be placed on the website this month (see the Newsletters tab above).

We hope that 2021 will be a year to celebrate our branch’s history in the Bay Area and throughout Northern California.  In that regard, if you have old files, photographs, or newspaper clippings – maybe even some old artifacts – related to the branch’s history, please share them with a member of our executive.