Flag day at the cemetery
The Claresholm branch of the Royal Canadian Legion held their annual Flag Day at the Claresholm Cemetery on Sunday, June 7, abiding by the restrictions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Photo by Rob Vogt
Each year, on the Sunday nearest the anniversary of D-Day, which is June 6, the Legion cleans the graves of veterans buried in the cemetery and plants a Canadian flag at each one. Here, Brian Thibeau, the Legion’s sergeant-at-arms salutes after planting a flag. D-Day began the Allied invasion of Normandy, which would eventually lead to the defeat of the Nazis in the Second World War.