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Remembrance Day service at community centre

Posted on: Staff Writer

By Rob Vogt


Volunteers are busy planning a community Remembrance Day service for Nov. 11.
The service will take place in the Claresholm Community Centre on Monday, Nov. 11, with doors opening at 10 a.m. and the service starting at 11 a.m. sharp.
It will be the first community-wide Remembrance Day service since 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of many community events.
The service will be emceed by Leonard Weiss, president of Claresholm Branch No. 41 of the Royal Canadian Legion, and feature the colour guard from the Royal Canadian Legion, two minutes of silence, prayers, the playing of “Reveille”, the laying of wreaths, musical selections by the Claresholm Community Singers and John Vandenbeld, and much more.
Everyone is welcome to attend, and the Legion will be open after the service with coffee and donuts.

Look for our Special Remembrance Day tribute section in this weeks Local Press.

Claresholm will have its first community Remembrance Day Service since 2019, at the Claresholm Community Centre on Nov. 11. Here, Brian Thibeau, sergeant-at-arms for Claresholm Branch No. 41 of the Royal Canadian Legion, salutes after laying a wreath at the service in 2019. File photo by Rob Vogt