Remembrance Day
Each year on November 11, We Remember the sacrifices that have been made on behalf of the democracy that we enjoy.
Due to the pandemic, the 2020 Leduc and Leduc County Remembrance Day Ceremony will be broadcast online, rather than held in-person at the Leduc Recreation Centre. The link to the broadcast will be made available on the Leduc Branch 108 and City of Leduc websites and FaceBook pages in the coming days.
Broadcasting the event provides the community with an opportunity to participate in Remembrance Day, while helping keep everyone safe and healthy by preventing community transmission of the coronavirus.
I encourage everyone to connect into the Ceremony, and to stand at 11: 00 a.m., on the 11th day of the 11th month, to Remember the Fallen, and the sacrifices they made for our freedom.
Show your support by wearing a Poppy
Every year, from the last Friday in October to Remembrance Day, Canadians are invited to wear a Poppy as a symbol of recognition of the debt owed to those who gave their lives for our freedom. Many also choose to place their Poppy on a cenotaph or memorial after the ceremony on November 11.
Poppies are distributed freely to anyone who wants one. The Legion gratefully welcome donations to the Poppy Fund. Through the generosity of everyone who takes part in our Poppy Campaign, the Legion is able to serve Veterans and their families on a daily basis.
To further support our Veterans – past and present – anyone can become a member of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Due to the pandemic, the 2020 Leduc and Leduc County Remembrance Day Ceremony will be broadcast online, rather than held in-person at the Leduc Recreation Centre. The link to the broadcast will be made available on the Leduc Branch 108 and City of Leduc websites and FaceBook pages in the coming days.
Broadcasting the event provides the community with an opportunity to participate in Remembrance Day, while helping keep everyone safe and healthy by preventing community transmission of the coronavirus.
I encourage everyone to connect into the Ceremony, and to stand at 11: 00 a.m., on the 11th day of the 11th month, to Remember the Fallen, and the sacrifices they made for our freedom.
Show your support by wearing a Poppy
Every year, from the last Friday in October to Remembrance Day, Canadians are invited to wear a Poppy as a symbol of recognition of the debt owed to those who gave their lives for our freedom. Many also choose to place their Poppy on a cenotaph or memorial after the ceremony on November 11.
Poppies are distributed freely to anyone who wants one. The Legion gratefully welcome donations to the Poppy Fund. Through the generosity of everyone who takes part in our Poppy Campaign, the Legion is able to serve Veterans and their families on a daily basis.
To further support our Veterans – past and present – anyone can become a member of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Two Minutes of Silence
The most sacrosanct and central element in Remembrance is the two minute of silence. During this time of reflection, Canadians pause to honor, thank and Remember our Fallen.
The Legion undertook a project to capture the solemnity and highlight the significance of this period of reflection through the production of a special video appropriately entitled: "Two Minutes of Silence." The premise is simple, yet powerful; a compilation of Canadians, all of whom will be wearing the Poppy, pausing for a moment to Remember. The central part of this video is two minutes in duration and has no spoken words or music. |
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The Act of Remembrance
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
We provide many services to our Veterans and families, members, Youth and the community. For Remembrance we provide:
- Sponsoring and coordinating the annual poppy campaign, including the Poppy Blitz, in Leduc, Leduc County and surrounding areas
- Participating in Remembrance activities at local schools
- Coordinating and leading the local annual Remembrance Day ceremony
- Coordinating local activities and initiatives, such as the annual "Keg for Veterans" on Remembrance Day
- Sponsoring the annual youth Remembrance poster, story and poster activities
- Maintaining veteran's grave sites
