A follow-up item from a fellow Canadian organization here in California.
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Canada Day Wrap Up, and Happy Independence Day
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Commemoration Day Virtual Service
The video that was played on loop prior to the service was available at https://youtu.be/NuPx3G5v0hU
The program for today’s service is available by clicking here.
All images and videos used during the ceremony were either original, open source, or were used with permission.
Open source images included:
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Newfoundland_National_War_Memorial.jpg
- https://www.veterans.gc.ca/images/image-gallery/websized/basil-gotto-caribou1.jpg
- https://www.veterans.gc.ca/images/image-gallery/fullsized/80503653PF7.JPG
- https://www.veterans.gc.ca/images/image-gallery/fullsized/160806267PF2.JPG
- https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=79958&picture=forget-me-not-heart
Thank you to Legion Magazine for permission to include their “Military Moment” on the Battle of Beaumont Hamel. The original video is available at https://legionmagazine.com/en/2016/06/military-moments-beaumont-hamel/
Thank you to YouTube user dog5011 for permission to include their “Sunrise Timelapse – San Francisco.” The original video is available at https://youtu.be/JY9wocfTkto
Thanks to our special guest speakers and performers:
- Seamus O’Regan, Minister of National Resources (https://soregan.liberal.ca/)
- Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada in San Francisco (https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/us-eu/san_francisco-rep.aspx?lang=eng)
- Emily March-MacCuish
- Julie Humphries-Burke
- Robert Colbourne (HHMChoral on Facebook / HHMChoral on YouTube / HHMChoral’s physically distant rendition of O Canada)
- Aaron Bennett
- Charlie Martin
- Emily Finch
- Andrea Lodge (http://www.andrealodge.com/)
- Speaker Scott Reid, M.H.A. (https://www.assembly.nl.ca/Members/YourMember/ReidScott.aspx)
- Derrick Bragg, M.H.A. (https://www.assembly.nl.ca/Members/YourMember/BraggDerrick.aspx)
Finally, I want to thank all of the members of US Branch #25 and the other branches in the US Western Zone of the Royal Canadian Legion, as well as members of our U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps – Arkansas Division, that provided individual videos that made up this service.
For those interested in additional information on the history of Beaumont Hamel and Commemoration Day (a.k.a., Memorial Day), please visit:
- Newfoundland’s war: How one battle shaped a province (McLean’s) – https://www.macleans.ca/society/newfoundlands-war-how-one-battle-shaped-a-province/
- Forget-Me-Not: Memorial Day In Newfoundland & Labrador – https://idontblog.ca/forget-me-not-memorial-day-in-newfoundland-labrador/
- Trail of the Caribou: Documentary (CBC) – https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trail-of-the-caribou-1.3661371
- How the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel Devastated Newfoundland (CBC) – https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1366224451952
- Trail of the Caribou (Veterans Affairs Canada) – https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/overseas/first-world-war/france/BeaumontHamel/caribou-trail
Finally, you can view the service that was recorded at the National War Memorial St. John’s, Newfoundland this morning at https://www.facebook.com/NLRCL/videos/2569151683302127/
🍁 Canada Day at Your House Live at 6 PM on July 1st 🍁
A reminder of this Canada Day event tomorrow evening from our Canadian colleagues in SoCal.
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[Final Reminder] Royal Canadian Legion – US Branch #25 Commemoration Day Virtual Service
You are invited to attend the Commemoration Day Sunrise Service that is being organized by the Royal Canadian Legion – US Branch #25, representing the San Francisco Bay Area, in partnership with the Digital Moose Lounge and Canadians in Orange County.
Commemoration Day 2020
While July 1st is a day of celebration in most of Canada, for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador it is also a day for sombre remembrance. In Newfoundland and Labrador the first of July is also Commemoration Day (also known as Memorial Day), when we remember the tragically destructive events of July 1st, 1916.
The first of July 1916 was the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, when 806 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment climbed out of their trenches and went “over the top” at 8:45am as part of the battle of Beaumont-Hamel. In less than an hour, the regiment was devastated, most killed or wounded within the first 20 minutes of the battle. The next morning, only 68 soldiers answered roll call. Commemoration Day was established in 1917, just one year later.
After Confederation with Canada, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador continued the tradition of Commemoration Day during the morning of July 1st, and reserved the remainder of the day to celebrate Canada Day. To honour this tradition, US Branch #25 of the Royal Canadian Legion, representing the San Francisco Bay Area, will be hosting their own Commemoration Day service.
The service will be broadcast via Zoom at two times – 6am and 10am – on Wednesday, 01 July 2020 and will last approximately 45 minutes.
Advanced registration is required.
To register for either of the broadcasts, please visit:
6:00 AM Pacific Time (Sunrise Service)
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtdO2sqz4oHNd0GY0xD9iUaCkbodAZ91ms10:00 AM Pacific Time (Replay)
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuuqrjwoGdO3cAFo04LIvOgVtbzsrFQ_
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We thank you in advance for your participation in this remembrance.
Michael K. Barbour
First Vice Commander, US Western Zone
Vice President, US Branch #25
Royal Canadian Legion
[Reminder] Royal Canadian Legion – US Branch #25 Commemoration Day Virtual Service
You are invited to attend the Commemoration Day Sunrise Service that is being organized by the Royal Canadian Legion – US Branch #25, representing the San Francisco Bay Area, in partnership with the Digital Moose Lounge and Canadians in Orange County.
Commemoration Day 2020
While July 1st is a day of celebration in most of Canada, for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador it is also a day for sombre remembrance. In Newfoundland and Labrador the first of July is also Commemoration Day (also known as Memorial Day), when we remember the tragically destructive events of July 1st, 1916.
The first of July 1916 was the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, when 806 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment climbed out of their trenches and went “over the top” at 8:45am as part of the battle of Beaumont-Hamel. In less than an hour, the regiment was devastated, most killed or wounded within the first 20 minutes of the battle. The next morning, only 68 soldiers answered roll call. Commemoration Day was established in 1917, just one year later.
After Confederation with Canada, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador continued the tradition of Commemoration Day during the morning of July 1st, and reserved the remainder of the day to celebrate Canada Day. To honour this tradition, US Branch #25 of the Royal Canadian Legion, representing the San Francisco Bay Area, will be hosting their own Commemoration Day service.
The service will be broadcast via Zoom at two times – 6am and 10am – on Wednesday, 01 July 2020 and will last approximately 45 minutes.
Advanced registration is required.
To register for either of the broadcasts, please visit:
6:00 AM Pacific Time (Sunrise Service)
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtdO2sqz4oHNd0GY0xD9iUaCkbodAZ91ms10:00 AM Pacific Time (Replay)
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcuuqrjwoGdO3cAFo04LIvOgVtbzsrFQ_
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We thank you in advance for your participation in this remembrance.
Michael K. Barbour
First Vice Commander, US Western Zone
Vice President, US Branch #25
Royal Canadian Legion
