NEWS RELEASE
TOWN OF INNISFIL
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Community members are invited to commemorate the sacrifices of Canadian veterans at Remembrance Day ceremonies happening across Innisfil.
Services are taking place at the:
- Cookstown cenotaph (20 Church St.) – Sunday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m.
- Innisfil Town Hall (2101 Innisfil Beach Road) – Friday, Nov. 10 at 10:50 a.m.
- Ahmadiyya Muslin Jama’At - Innisfil Chapter (4073 4th Line) – Friday, Nov. 10 at 1:45 p.m.
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 547 Lefroy/Belle Ewart (1017 Robinson St.) – Saturday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.
- Sandycove Acres Veterans Association at the Cenotaph (43 Weeping Willow Dr.) – Sunday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m.
“We invite all members of the community to join us as we gather for Remembrance Day services at Town Hall and other locations in Innisfil,” says Mayor Lynn Dollin. “I hope all residents will take a moment to pause and honour the service, courage and sacrifice of our veterans and current members of the Canadian Forces.”
The Innisfil Remembrance Day Committee helps organize the annual service at town hall to provide an opportunity for residents to pause and reflect on the role that Innisfil’s citizens have played in protecting and preserving Canada’s freedoms in times of war, conflict and peace.
In recognition of Veterans’ Week (Nov. 5-11) and Remembrance Day, visitors to the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library will notice a cut-out silhouette of a soldier at each branch surrounded with laser-cut poppies. On these poppies, visitors are invited to write the name of a veteran or loved one who is currently serving in the armed forces, or a few words of thanks or remembrance.
Visit the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library Lakeshore Branch, Thursday, Nov. 9, 6-7 p.m. for a special presentation with Cpl. Eugene Clifford in honour of Veterans Week and Remembrance Day.
Cpl. Clifford joined the Canadian Armed Forces as an aviation systems technician in 2014. Cpl. Clifford has deployed domestically on Operation Recovery in Inuvik, Northwest Territories and internationally on Operation Presence in Mali during the summer of 2019.
Click here to register.
For other ways to remember the sacrifices and achievements of the brave Canadians who served, and continue to serve, our country at home and abroad, visit Veterans Affairs Canada's website.
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