{"id":16085,"date":"2014-11-11T07:23:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T12:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=16085"},"modified":"2014-11-10T13:30:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:30:20","slug":"lasalle-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-remembrance-day\/","title":{"rendered":"LaSalle Remembrance Day Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo courtesy of Legion member Joseph Pugliese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Veterans, politicians and citizens of LaSalle participated in a pre-Remembrance Day service last Sunday, November 9.<\/p>\n

The service took place at LaSalle Branch 212 on Bouvier Street. It began at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

It was an excellent day,\u201d said Fred Jennings, Branch 212\u2019s president. \u201cThere were 6 or 7 police cars there. No one could get in.Mathieu Durand told me that everything would be okay and it was. Air Force Squadron 438 weren\u2019t going to march, but when they saw the police presence, they said, \u2018okay, we\u2019ll march.\u2019 Even the cadets weren\u2019t supposed to be there, but they were. They marched too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Durand couldn\u2019t be there himself, so he sent NDG Commander Pierre Rousseau.<\/p>\n

Louis Stacey the president of the Kahnawake Branch 219 and Stan Kircoff the president from Verdun Branch 4 also attended with their colour parties.<\/p>\n

We went to Verdun last week and we had our colour party in Kahnawake on Saturday as well,\u201d said Jennings. \u201cThey had about 400 people. Every branch goes there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wreaths were also laid by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Federal M.P. Helene Leblanc, Quebec MPP Robert Poeti and LaSalle Mayor Manon Barbe.<\/p>\n

Anglican Deacon Robert Callender from St. Lawrence Anglican and Catholic priest Gerry Martineau, of the St. Jean Brebeuf Church attended, as did city councillors Monique Vall\u00e9e and Richard Deschamps, and borough councillors Jos\u00e9e Troilo and Laura Palestini.<\/p>\n

Jennings said that more people buying poppies this year as well, although he\u2019s not sure whether the income will be significantly higher than the $24,000 they collected last year<\/p>\n

We had a lot of teenagers buying this year. Also, African Americans, Asians and other immigrants were all buying too. They were all thanking me. I didn\u2019t do anything.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jennings says he\u2019s particularly grateful to his volunteers who sat collecting poppies, some many times. \u201cAudrey sat seven times; Bernice sat eight times.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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