ESTEVAN — Estevan's Remembrance Day service on Nov. 11 will once again take place at Estevan Comprehensive School, where community members are invited to gather to honour the sacrifices of Canadian veterans.
Organized by the Royal Canadian Legion Estevan Branch No. 60, the ceremony, which begins at 10:45 a.m., will feature a range of commemorative events and a video presentation by Capt. Craig Bird.
"We'd like everybody to be inside by about 10:30, and then we will begin the program right at 10:45," said Troy LeBlanc, chairman for Estevan's Remembrance Day service.
The ceremony will be held in the school gymnasium and will include prayers, the Last Post, two minutes of silence, Rouse, the reading of the roll of honour and Flanders Field, and more.
This year, the event will highlight a special video presentation on Bird's recent trip to Europe for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
"We're looking forward to that," LeBlanc noted.
Attendees can also expect a slideshow honouring veterans as the crowd enters. Following the ceremony, lunch will be served at the legion for a donation to support veteran honorariums.
Additional observances will include a wreath-laying at Estevan's cenotaph in the morning before the service, and a wreath-laying ceremony after the lunch.
In November, the legion is also holding its Poppy Campaign with poppies available for a donation at many local businesses and organizations including the Mercury office.
Nov. 3 was the legion's annual Poppy Tea, which helps raise funds for veterans' needs as well.
Schools and senior homes were to have services held ahead of Remembrance Day.
"Most schools are doing their services, I believe, on November 6. And we are doing the services at the regional nursing home, Creighton Lodge and long-term care. Those are all happening on the 8th," LeBlanc said.
He also thanked the community for its continued support of veterans.
"Thank you to the members of the community of Estevan for all their support to our veterans," he said.
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