Tag: Remembrance Day
Why Participate in Remembrance Day?
Every year on November eleventh in Canada, we participate in rituals of Remembrance. Every day the viciousness, the cruelty, the destructiveness of war somewhere in the world, stride into our homes and minds on…
Comment – October 2024
The downtown planters have been switched over for the season and the Legion banners are flying in town, so Remembrance day is on its way. For the first time, Millbrook’s Remembrance Day service will…
Millbrook Grade 6 Students ask: Who is Jason Salo?
On November 8 and 9th, 2023, a veteran named Jason Salo visited Millbrook South Cavan School. He met with each grade over two days, allowing him to speak with smaller groups of students. He…
Service Runs in the Family
It seems that for some families, military service is a given. It’s an attitude that runs through the generations. Such is the case for Millbrook’s Ridge family, as evidenced by the multiple Veteran Banners…
Memorial Tree Recognizes Courageous Hockey Mom
In 2022 Joshua Palewandrem joined the Millbrook Stars U15 hockey team, while his Mom Brenda was in the midst of fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Brenda never missed coming to a game and…
WWII Veteran Bill Bellinger with the Banner bearing his Name
It is with sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Bill Bellinger on October 2nd at PRHC after suffering a stroke. Bill was a popular visitor at the Millbrook Legion, known for his quick…
Remembrance Day in Millbrook
This year’s Remembrance Day Service in Millbrook was very well attended and unlike many of the previous services, took place under sunny skies. Padre John Sloan and Rev. Rob Ross delivered messages of support…
