Memorial Banners
New in 2024!
“Memorial Banners” will be strategically placed on light poles on Souris’ Main Street. Banners will be displayed from mid-October through Remembrance Day. Families and businesses are invited to contact Souris Legion to co-sponsor a Memorial Banner. Your name will appear on the banner (not logos) as a sponsor. Please refer back to this page for more details, or subscribe to our Newsletter to stay up-to-date.
A New Way to Remember Souris’ Veterans
We hope that by the displaying the names and faces of our veterans and telling their stories that our community will be able to connect with the everyday people who made the extraordinary decision to serve their country. The specific objectives of the program are:
to engage the Community in honouring local veterans in a colourful and vibrant way;
to help promote remembrance in and around Souris;
to help educate students and citizens on the faces and stories of the service of our Veterans
To help ensure recognition and remembrance in our future generations.
More information
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Any veteran, can be portrayed on the banners. A veteran is any person who is currently serving or who has honourably served in the Canadian Armed Forces, the Commonwealth or its wartime allies, or as a regular member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or as a Peace Officer in a Special Duty area or on a Special Duty Operation, or who has served in the Merchant Navy or Ferry Command during wartime. The person must have some connection to the Lethbridge area (born, grew up here, or lived here, or is related to a current resident of this area). Note: if the veteran is still living they must provide consent.
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Any individual, family, organization, or company may sponsor a banner. Your name will appear on the banner (not logos) as a sponsor. Detail coming soon.
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The veteran banners will be sponsored by individuals, families, organizations or companies but the ownership of the banner will remain with the Royal Canadian Legion Souris Branch #3. The Remembrance Committee will be responsible for producing the banner, ensuring banners are put in place in the lead-up to each Remembrance Day, taken down, and placed in storage
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Please provide a high resolution photo (300 dpi or greater) of the veteran in uniform that can be enlarged to fit on a banner. The following guidelines apply. Digital images are preferred, however, physical photos are allowed and they will be scanned in high-resolution to be used for the banner.
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All the banners will have the same uniform design. The only changes will be to the name, service/ branch and photo.
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Details coming soon.
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Banners will be displayed yearly typically from mid-October through Remembrance Day and taken down as soon as practical after November 11th.
Application Form - 2024
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