Press Release
Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 202 Lion’s Head
20 October 2020
Submitted by Richard Smith
Branch 202 President
When Can Everyone Wear a Poppy?
About this time of year, whenever I was in Lion’s Head in my Legion uniform, I would have numerous people come up to me and ask me when they could obtain a poppy for Remembrance Day. With the number of requests I have had, I thought it an excellent idea to explain to everyone about the time for wearing a poppy and about Remembrance Day.
The day on which everyone can start wearing a poppy always falls on the last Friday of October (October 3O this year). The period from the last Friday of October until November 11 is called “The Period of Remembrance”.
In Lion’s Head, Pike Bay, Stokes Bay and Miller Lake, the poppies will be available for you to wear starting on October 30. The poppies are free and it is left up to you if you wish to make a donation to the Branch’s Poppy Fund.
In previous years, members of the
Branch and Ladies’ Auxiliary have been
able to canvass poppies in Hellyer’s
Foodland and the LCBO in Lion’s Head.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the
Branch and Ladies’ Auxiliary members will
not be canvassing this year in either store.
Instead, the Branch Poppy Chairman
and his committee will be setting up a
display with a poppy box both in Hellyer’s
Foodland and the LCBO. Poppy boxes will
also be set up in many other stores in the
Lion’s Head area.
In normal times, at the conclusion
of the Remembrance Day Service, people
remove their poppy and can, if they wish,
place it at the base of the cenotaph. The
recommendation this year is to remove the
poppy and to keep it.
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