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DID YOU KNOW THAT 2021 MARKS 100 YEARS OF THE REMEMBRANCE POPPY IN CANADA?

The Poppy - 100 years

Inspired by John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”, Madame Anna Guérin, later
christened “The Poppy Lady from France”, campaigned tirelessly in the early 1920s
for her Inter-Allied Poppy Day idea: to adopt the distribution of the Poppy on
Armistice Day as a way to raise money for Veterans’ needs and to remember those
who had given their lives during the First World War.
After meeting with her, on July 1921 the Great War Veterans Association (which in
1925 would unify with other Veteran groups to form the Canadian Legion) adopted
the Poppy as the flower of Remembrance.
Since then, the Legion and its members have upheld this tradition of
Remembrance.
You can join the Legion to help us ensure Canada never forgets those who served
and sacrificed and continue the tradition of the Poppy for years to come!
https://www.legion.ca/join-us
Poppy image source: Canadian War Museum, “Poppy” (1921), Object number:
19720228-001.
2021 marks 100 years of the Remembrance Poppy in Canada!
A Legion membership helps ensure Canada never forgets all those who served and sacrificed and continue the tradition of the
Poppy for years to come.

HISTORIC TWEEDSMUIR HOTEL GOES UP IN FLAMES
The hotel has been a landmark in the community since the late 1880s. At this time
the Mayor and all Council Members expressed their sorrow at the tragic loss of the
Tweedsmuir Hotel due to a fire on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. They also expressed
gratitude to the Tweed Fire Department and the Centre Hastings Fire Department for
their handling of the incident which had potential for even greater loss. Appreciation
was also expressed to the members of the Central Hastings OPP Detachment, the
Public Works Department, and the Community Development Manager for their roles
in assisting at the scene.

THE 17TH ANNUAL DUCK RACE IS APRIL 24TH!
IT'S A GO!!!!
Get your tickets today!!!
Thank you to Madoc Township and
the Healthcare staff for coordinating $5.00 from any Kiwanian
and executing a a very successful and Saturday, April 24th, 2021
well planned vaccine clinic. (river pending)
1:00pm Ducks dropped at the
Market Square Bridge