Almonte Legion Accepting Applications for 2025 ‘Honouring Our Veterans’ Banner Program

From Almonte Legion Branch 240

The purpose of the Almonte Royal Canadian Legion Branch 240’s ‘Honouring Our Veterans’ Banner Program is to:

• Recognize and honour our Veterans and current serving members of the Canadian, Allied, or Commonwealth Forces who have a tie to the communities within the Municipality of Mississippi Mills.

• Promote Remembrance in our community, remembrance of their service and sacrifice, and remembering all gave some, some gave all.

Through displaying banners of Veterans, we hope to engage the community in honouring and remembering local Veterans through an initiative that will ensure continued recognition and respect throughout future generations.

Veterans honoured in Mississippi Mills have a tie to the communities within the Municipality of Mississippi Mills.

Each Veteran’s banner will include their photo (in uniform), name, military affiliation, and banner’s sponsor. Each banner will also include a combined Canadian and British Flag at the top of the banner, and at the bottom, the words “Lest We Forget” and the Almonte Legion logo.

If you would like to honour a Veteran with a banner, submit the application form completed with a high resolution 5” x 7” (minimum size) portrait style photograph of the Veteran in uniform to the Almonte Legion Branch 240, to the attention of Mary Rozenberg along with a cheque of $300 made payable to Royal Canadian Legion Branch 240 – Re: Honour Our Veterans Banner Program. Paper copies of the application form are also available at the Almonte Legion (100 Bridge Street).

A digital photo in pdf or similar format of 300 dpi or better is acceptable and can be emailed to the following address: mary@interlinkx.com.

We will also be accepting applications in the Almonte Legion Lounge on Saturday January 18, 2025 between 8:30 and 11 a.m. during the Legion Breakfast. A photo scanner will be available at that time to digitize your photo if necessary.

The deadline for participation / submitting your application for 2025 along with an acceptable photograph and cheque will be Wednesday April 30, 2025. New submissions will be accepted starting in January of each year as this will be an ongoing legacy project that will pay tribute to all Canadian and Allied Veterans. As the banner program grows, banners may hang in other Mississippi Mills communities.

For more information, visit: https://www.rcl05240.ca/.