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Brovineyo Nour tices : si Remembrance Day & \ = Every November, poppies blossom on the lapels and collars of over half of Canada’s entire population. Once again this year, volunteer canvassers of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 419, Port Perry, will be offering poppies to the public as a way of honouring the men and women who never returned from war. The Port Perry Legion’s poppy campaign gets under- way on Friday October 30. Members and volunteers will be situated around downtown Port Perry and in front of local businesses throughout the day until November 10. Since 1921, the poppy has stood as a symbol of Remembrance, our visual pledge to never forget all those Canadians who have fallen in war and military conflicts. The association of the poppy to those who had been killed in war has existed since the Napoleonic Wars in the 19th century, over 110 years before being adopted in Canada. There exists a record from that time of how thickly poppies grew over the graves of soldiers in the area of Flanders, France. This early connection between the poppy and battlefield deaths described how fields that were barren before the battles exploded with the blood-red flowers after the fighting ended. Just prior to the First World War, few poppies grew in Flanders. During the tremendous bombardments of that war, the chalk soils became rich in lime from rubble, al- lowing “popaver rhoeas” to thrive. After the war, the lime was absorbed and the Poppy began to disappear again. The person who was responsible more than any other for the adoption of the poppy as a symbol of Remembrance in Canada and the Commonwealth was Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian Medical Officer during the First World War. Funds collected from the Port Perry Legion campaign are used to assist veterans, their spouses, Oscigeg, REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICES Wednesday, November 11th at 11am in front of the Scugog Township Municipal Office. 181 Perry Street, Port Perry Blackstock Remembrance Day Service: Blackstock Recreation Centre - 10:30 a.m. Cenotaph - 11:00 a.m. the families of deceased veterans and also to host the 7 an- nual veterans’ dinner and for programs at local schools. NOVEMBER 11 J WE REMEMBER www.green-apple.ca GREEN APPLE CABINETS Lid. 48 Water St., Port Perry, ON 905-985-3767 Port Perry Salvage Inc. & DEMOLITION 132 Reach Industrial Park Rd., Port Perry Yard 905-985-6121 1-877-587-4557