For the third consecutive year, the Royal Canadian Legion of Brockville, Ont. is honouring soldiers who were from the region ahead of Remembrance Day.
Banner reading "We honour those who served" for a local soldier hanging from a lamp post on King St. in downtown Brockville, Ont. November 9, 2024. .
The banners are purchased by families who had a relative that served in the military that they want to honour ahead of Remembrance Day, and each year the project has grown in scale. "We're looking at what we can do for 2025 and we're watching our space very, very carefully," Hodgert told CTV News with a laugh.In the war of 1812, military commander Sir Isaac Brock led the defence of Upper Canada, which is why the city is known as Brockville to this day."One of the banners that was up this year, and several from last year, dated back to men from Brockville who served in the Boer War in 1899."What's happening in Ottawa this weekend: Nov.
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