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Learning What War Was: An Island Remembrance

Growing up in Sutton, England, a young Joyce Paynter heard people talking about the chance of war, but didn’t think it would happen. Then one day, I was coming home from school and the sky lit up, and there was [the sound of gunfire in the air]. I ran home and my mother told me the war had started,” said Paynter, relaxing at Charlottetown Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion after the 2010 Remembrance Day ceremony. At age 14, she found out what war was and volunteered to help a doctor and his wife look after their children. One night—when she was [...]

January 1, 2011, by Tom MacGregor

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
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MISCELLANEOUS
FEATHERS ON THE BRAIN– Brian Watkins, RCL representative to RCEL, “Feathers on the Brain,” a memoir of his life in Wales and as a British diplomat, available at Amazon.com or any good book shop, ISBN 978-0-9866421-5-9, $10.23. The author will be present at the Halifax Convention. Contribution from every book sold will be donated to The RCL’s Poppy Fund.

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Legion Magazine is a Canadian English-language magazine with a French insert. It is published in a four-colour format, covering stories about Canadians, Canada’s institutions its military and its heritage. Legion Magazine is recommended by The Royal Canadian Legion, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving veterans and their families and the perpetuation of remembrance.