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April 11, 2021 This morning the Canadian flag outside of our Legion Br. #115 was to be lowered as requested by Royal Canadian Legion Dominion & Provincial Commands to honour the memory of those brave Canadian soldiers that took part in the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9th – 12th , 1917. Many of those men were from Hudson as mentioned in last week’s Legion News. While on the way to do that I learned of the passing earlier this morning of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The following couple of sentences arrived soon afterwards from the Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command in Ottawa.
‘’As stated in the Legion Ritual, Awards and Protocol Manual Section 929.a, on the occasion of the death of a member of the Royal Family related in the first degree to the Sovereign, all Branches are advised to half-mast the Canada flag from now until the day of the funeral or memorial service (date to be announced). The Royal Canadian Legion extends our deepest condolences to The Queen and The Royal Family in this difficult time.’’ As President of Legion Br. #115 on behalf of the all the members of our Br. #115, I wish to extend our deepest condolences to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her family in the passing today of His Royal Highness Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. The new posts around Place Vimy will be installed near the end of this month. So far we have received orders for 15 new small memorial plaques. We will not be taking any more orders until the new posts are in and secured and we see how much more room we will have on them. We are hoping for a total of 20 small memorial plaques. We will advise you after the new posts are in if there will be room for more. Please be patient. We are currently still closed as are all Legions in the Province and we still have no idea when we can reopen and welcome back our members. We will keep you up to date as the weeks go by. Thanks you for your understanding. Continued get well wishes are extended to our dear friends and members Dorothy (Doris) Blaise, Ian Peck and Mireille Lemelin. We all hope to see out and about in the near future.
Lest We Forget! Nous Nous Souviendrons! |
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November 11, 2020 Here is a link to a short 11 minute video of the Remembrance Day ceremonies that took place on Wednesday, November 11 at the Place Vimy cenotaph.
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September 1, 2019 A call from the Wild!
And so they have at the Palliative Care residence bird feeders. It has been a busy summer. And it’s now time to call on all our friends who support the Legion’s Feed the Birds Program to please, if you can make a donation of seed to get us through until winter. Your donation is greatly appreciated for the enjoyment of the residents. You can drop off the seed at the Legion or at the residence on Como Gardens. Thank you from Gerry and Bill Lest We Forget! |
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July 6, 2017 Maxine Bredt honored with the Sesqui Award A long time member of the Hudson Legion branch #115 Maxine Bredt has received another award for her achievements. As part of Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations, she has been selected to receive the Sesqui Award for the many years of service to the community. The award was presented by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as our local member of Parliament Peter Schiefke. A very nice and detailed article about this achievement is posted on the West Island Blog website and is accessible here. Congratulations, Maxine! |
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June 6, 2017 Annual D-Day (Normandy) Luncheon Last June 6th these fine gentlemen gathered at the Hudson Legion to honour those who landed at D-Day 1944 and especially those who made the supreme sacrifice. The luncheon was the 72nd time that this event was held. Photos taken by James Parry
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June 3, 2017 Ceremony at the Field of Honor Two members of our Legion branch took part in the annual Remembrance Ceremony at the Field of Honor cemetery in Pointe-Claire on Saturday, June 3, 2017.
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April 9, 2017 Ceremony to commemorate the Battle of Vimy Ridge On the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge, members of our branch led a large group of people who gathered at the Cenotaph in a memorial service to the Canadian soldiers who fought in that battle. As part of the ceremony, Comrade Bob Beck read the poem In Flanders Field. Later, the participants went inside to enjoy some refreshments and toast the fallen, the Queen and those currently serving in our CAF. One of our members was at Vimy Ridge that same day on a special invitation from Veterans Affaires. She is WW II Nursing Sister Maxine Bredt, 97 years old! Here are some photos of the event taken by Bill Louch and John Dalgarno. .
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March 10, 2017 Donations to the Lakeshore Legion Housing Association, the Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation and the Hawkesbury General Hospital Foundation During the annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Dance that took place on Friday, March 10, the Hudson Legion branch #115 made donations to three local organizations.
Many thanks to Mr. Bob Blackburn for providing the photos. |
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January 27, 2017 Donations to the Ste-Anne’s Veterans’ Hospital, NOVA Daycare and to the Palliative Care Centre During the annual Robert Burns Dinner and Dance that took place on Friday, January 27, the Hudson Legion branch #115 made donations to three local organizations.
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January 4, 2017 THANK YOU / MERCI BEAUCOUP !
Heartfelt thanks go out to all those who kindly donated gifts for the Legion's annual Veterans Gift Drive held in December 2016. Many boxes and bags of gifts were delivered to the Volunteer Services Department at Ste-Anne's Veterans Hospital on December 19th by Belinda Gare, Sharon Graham, John Dalgarno, Barbara Gare and Gwen Periard. Johanne Grenier, Director of the Volunteer Services, expressed her sincere gratitude to members of our community for their support in bringing the Christmas spirit to the residents of Ste-Anne's. Thanks also go out to all those who volunteered their time and effort to help collect, sort and distribute the gifts. Thank you. |
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June 19, 2016 Why is everyone talking about Tuesday Hamburger Night?
Burger Tuesdays are prepared by different groups, members of the Legion Hardy Rock Curling group. The different groups are all out to see who can produce the best burger. If you haven’t as yet been down to try one, then you don’t know what you’re missing. Tuesdays from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Project sponsored by some Legion Members, would like to thank all the Legion members and friends who have recently donated bird seed to fill the feeders at the Local Palliative Care Residence. The VSPC are very grateful for our efforts. Enjoy the Sun Shine.
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May 3, 2016
Last week a group of volunteers from our Legion went about re-erecting the bird feeders outside the windows of the patients rooms in the gardens. A great big vote of thanks to the following members who gave up their time to work on this project.
From left to right: Carl Sandquest; Bob Booth: Gerry Foliot: Bob Beck: Bob Burns: Denis St. Germain: Gilbert Berthoud.
With the cooperation of the Hudson Legion Br. 115 the above volunteers have provided a wonderful donation to the VSPCRF.
This activity outside the patients windows brings hours of enjoyment to the patients as well as their families and visitors. The foundation is a non-profit organization offering free palliative care services to people with terminal illnesses within the region and the surrounding area. If you are interested and able to help us with this project, by providing us with a donation of bird seed or financial assistance it will allow us to fill and maintain these feeders all summer long. The foundation would be pleased to provide you with a tax receipt. Donations can be made by dropping off the seed at the residence in Como, or at the Legion in Hudson, or contact Gerry Foliot <450 458 4125> to arrange a pick up. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
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April 29, 2016 Appreciation for Marge and Joan
Joan & Marge were presented with a bouquet of flowers during the Friday night dinner on April 29th. They are taking the summer off after a busy schedule of preparing the Friday night suppers this past winter. The presentation was done by Legion Executive members Mike Elliott and Past President John Dalgarno. The two ladies received a wonderful round of applause in appreciation of their hard work. |
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March 11, 2016 Donations to the Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation, Hawkesbury General Hospital Foundation and to the Manoir Cavagnal During the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and Dance that took place on Friday, March 11, the 1st vice-president of the Hudson Legion branch #115 made donations from the Poppy Fund to three local organizations.
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September 19, 2015 Julia Mackey’s donation of the Fallen Hero print to the Hudson Legion After the Sept. 19th performance of Jake's Gift at the Village Theatre, Julia Mackey (playwright and performer) presented the Hudson Legion with a print of Fallen Hero. There to accept the print from Julia was Maxine Bredt, Pete Stephenson, and Vance Larson. It will be framed and put up in our Legion in time for Remembrance.
The Fallen Hero print was commissioned by Mark Norman - the founder of the Canadian Fallen Heroes Foundation. He asked Sooke Artist Steve Robertson to put together the image that you see in the Fallen Hero print. The image was inspired by 3 photos that Mark found. http://canadianfallenheroes.com In addition to the print presentation, Julia Mackey donated $796.55 to the Legion, being the profits raised from the sale of Jake's Gift buttons. A portion of these proceeds will go towards the framing of Fallen Hero.
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Message from Eric Connor, branch president |
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November 21, 2016
I feel very honored to have been chosen to be the President of the Royal Canadian Legion, Hudson, Br 115. We have a great bunch of volunteers here in Hudson, from the great team on the Poppy Campaign, to all who give their time to provide the many activities which are organized each month, like the Bingo, Pub Quiz, Crib night, the bi-weekly Friday night suppers with our Manager Joan Hughes and her staff of helpers serving up great meals for a very small cost of $15.00. We also have the weekly Tuesday Burger night started originally by our Curlers during their summer break, and now carried on by Joan and her group of volunteers during the winter. Rod Hodgson does sterling work at some of the other functions previously mentioned, and also does a 50/50 draw some weeks to raise funds for certain projects around the Legion. The curlers are doing well, and the Junior group held on a Sunday mornings, is now completely full. Lest We Forget |
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Report from the January 19, 2011 General Meeting |
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January 23, 2011
It took about 40 minutes to complete the initiation ceremony and to dispose of all the business set in the meeting agenda. Once that was done, Nicole Durand presented several large bristol boards containing photographs which showed the work being done on the apartments at the Manoir. At the same time, Hans Gruenwald talked in detail about many aspects of that work. In particular, he mentioned that:
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