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Cenotaph at Duncan's Charles Hoey Park to get makeover in time for Remembrance Day
The $9,000 project will add veterans’ names and repair figures, with half funded by Veterans Affairs Canada and the rest from poppy funds.
- Following a successful grant application, the Royal Canadian Legion Chemainus-Duncan Branch 191 will refurbish the Duncan Cenotaph in Charles Hoey Park in time for Remembrance Day, utilizing funding from the Veterans Affairs Canada Commemorative Partnership Program.
- Branch president David Nielsen noted the $9,000 project, split between Veteran Affairs and Poppy Funds, involves repairing old figures and adding names of Canadian veterans who died in Afghanistan.
- Providing $525,000 in community benefits since 2010, the combined Legion amalgamated the Chemainus Branch 191 and Duncan Legion Branch 53 in May, including recent support for the Chemainus Scouts.
- This year's poppy campaign runs from Oct. 24 to Nov. 11, while the Legion's head office in Ottawa authorized free memberships until Dec. 31 to mark the centennial.
- On Oct. 25 at 3 p.m., the Legion will host a rededication ceremony and parade. "Over the last few years we have seen a resurgence of people coming out for Remembrance Day," Nielsen said.
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