Posts Tagged ‘Winnipeg’

It was the perfect city in which to reaffirm a longstanding and honourable commitment to Canada’s veterans and their families. Located midway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Winnipeg is known as the “bull’s eye” of Canada, but for Legionnaires, the city—and one hotel in particular—holds an even more central meaning; it is the birthplace of their grassroots cause, one that has helped shape Canadian society and improve the lives of the people they care most about. Recognition of the Legion’s birthplace and the sanctioning of the Legion’s founding as an event of national historic significance were celebrated June 12, one [...]

Delegates attending the 43rd dominion convention in Winnipeg this June will be meeting under the theme, “Birthplace of the Legion—Uniting the Nation.” The theme refers to the founding of The Royal Canadian Legion at the historic Marlborough Hotel in November 1925 which was officially declared an event of national historic significance last fall by Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada Jim Prentice. The designation, recommended by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, was announced Nov. 28 in Winnipeg by local MP and Minister of State for Democratic Reform Stephen Fletcher. “Founded on the twin pillars of loyalty and comradeship, [...]