‘Honouring Our Veterans’ Banner Program Expanding to Pakenham

From the ‘Honouring Our Veterans’ Banner Committee

The "Honouring Our Veterans" Banner Committee hopes to engage the Pakenham community in honouring and remembering local veterans.

They will be accepting applications in the Pakenham Branch of the Mississippi Mills Public Library on Saturday March 29, 2025, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. A photo scanner will be available at that time to digitize your photo if necessary.

Participants from other parts of Mississippi Mills are also welcome to submit their applications at this time.

Information to include on the application form:

• Branch of service – Army, Air Force, Navy, Merchant Marine.
• Service – for example: First World War, Second World War, Boer, Crimea, Korea, Balkan, Gulf, Bosnia, Croatia, Afghanistan, UN Peacekeeping, NATO, DART.
• Short description of military history – information is for Legion’s purpose only and will not be included on banner.
• Rank – rank will not be part of the banners as we want all veterans to be recognized as equals.
• Photograph – photo to be submitted must be in a high resolution 5” x 7” (minimum size) portrait size photo of the person in uniform. Digital photos in pdf or similar format of 300 dpi or better can also be submitted.
• Name of the sponsor – family, friend(s), community sponsors are suitable.

Paper versions are available at the Pakenham Branch of the library when the library is open, and also at the Almonte Legion (100 Bridge Street) when the Legion is open.

For more information, email program coordinator Mary Rozenberg at mary@interlinkx.com.