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Royal Canadian Legion Branch #78, Past President, Gordon Day, organized the annual Parade and Ceremony to commemorate Birth of a Nation Day on April 9th.
The Parade left the Turner Valley Fire Hall at 1:00pm.
During the ceremony at the Legion a Resolution was presented to Ted Menzies, by two veterans. The Resolution is requesting that Ottawa officially honour this day as a Nationally recognized day.
Letters of support were also presented to Ted Menzies from the Town of Black Diamond, the Town of Turner Valley, the Village of Longview and the Town of Okotoks.
The taking of Vimy Ridge on April 9th, 1917 was a major milestone in World War I. The then Prime Minister, Robert Borden, declared that Canada, remaining loyal to the Crown and Empire, would be a dominion unto itself and over its land, people, waters and foreign operations. This was the Birth of a Nation.
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