History of the Remembrance Contests - Royal Canadian Legion.
About the Contest: For over 50 years, The Royal Canadian Legion has sponsored annual Poster and Literary Contests that are open to all students in the Canadian school system. The youths who participate in these contests assist the Legion in one of our primary goals—fostering the tradition of Remembrance amongst Canadians.
Our annual poster, literary and essay contests with a remembrance theme, help focus the attention of the participants on those who gave all for the freedom we enjoy. The Remembrance Day Poster and Literary Contest is part of the Legion's Youth program. It is meant to foster an understanding of the sacrifices made on our behalf by many young men and women in World Wars I and II, and the Korean.
Prizes for the annual Remembrance Day Poster and Literary (Poem and Essay) Contests. Legion service bureau offices; Any ex-serviceman or woman or dependent is eligible to apply for financial aid from the poppy, whether they are Legion members, or not. After expenses, such as the cost of poppies, wreaths and other supplies are deducted, all remaining moneys are placed in trust to be used on.
Canadian War Museum. Plan a Remembrance Day unit or assembly with the Remembrance Day Toolkit, it contains a wide range of resources for download. The Royal Canadian Legion. For some time now, the Royal Canadian Legion have sponsored the annual Poster and Literary Contests that are open to all Canadian school children. Through their.
We are a week away from Remembrance Day, and Wednesday we were joined by 17 year old Minnedosa Collegiate student Victoria Fisher. She is the senior essay category winner in the Royal Canadian Legion's 2015 National Poster and Essay writing contest. The six year Air Cadet's story Boys In The Sand was inspired by a visit to Juno Beach in 2014, and conveys the emotion of that former battlefield.
The senior winning entries in the Essay and Poetry contests are also displayed at the Canadian War Museum during the same period. The Legion also sponsors a trip to Ottawa for the Senior Winners in the four contests (two poster, essay and poetry) to attend the National Remembrance Day Service where they place a wreath on behalf of the youth of Canada.
To wrap up, the winners of the 2015 Royal Canadian Legion youth poetry and essay contests read from their work. This event highlighted the importance of remembrance and explored the relevance of McCrae’s poem in our times. Length: 30 minutes. Animateurs. Master Caporal Martin Rouleau, Melanie Morin-Pelletier and Moderator R.H. Thomson.