Bob Underhill, chair of Vancouver's Remembrance Day committee: 'I'm really proud that we were able to accomplish this.'
Watch where you’re walking, or driving, but look up when you cross the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts.
The “we” in this case includes the Royal Canadian Legion's BC/Yukon Command, ANAVETS Pacific Unit #280 BC Command and the Chinese-Canadian Military Museum, which worked with Flying Colours International in Port Coquitlam to develop the banners. With this year being the 100th anniversary of the Victory Square cenotaph, Legion members wanted to expand the program to include areas of Chinatown, downtown and other streets in the city, including West Georgia to Stanley Park.
London Drugs, Onni Group, Beedie, PCI Developments and the Albert Silver family were other contributors, which ensured veterans without families were recognized on the banners.'So many people dead' Wong, who was born in Vancouver, joined the Canadian Forces when he was 22.
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