Date: 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 26 October, 2026
Form up at Parliament Hill Centennial Flame, 111 Wellington Street
My Name is Connie McKie and I am the Branch 532 Secretary in New Hamburg, ON. Our Branch raised the first ever Lest We Forget flag on Parliament Hill last year.
The Resolution our Branch put forward a year and a half ago is still making its way through the chain of command however, in the meantime, we are going to raise the flag again. I was hoping someone from your branch or many someones could attend on October 26, to witness the second ever raising of the Lest We Forget flag on Parliament Hill.
We did not want to lose momentum by missing this year. Don Eenkooren, the Retired Veteran who started this initiative, has been contacting all the provinces and territories legislative buildings and has received several positive answers. Also, many cities throughout the Province.
The resolution is that Dominion Command use its association with the national and provincial governments to make this a country wide moment each year to commemorate the start of the Poppy Campaign.
I have attached a pic from last year. The whole event takes maybe a half hour.
