The City of Colwood will welcome visitors dressed for a different occasion Halloween morning.

Members of the Royal Canadian Legion will be at the annual flag raising ceremony at Colwood City Hall and the public is invited to join them in marking the kickoff of the LegionB次元官网网址檚 National Poppy Campaign.

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The event at the flagpoles in front of City Hall marks the beginning of a campaign that most years sees more than half of Canadians don the red poppy over their hearts, in recognition of the sacrifice made by those that died in battle. All donations to the fundraiser go to support veterans and their families.

B次元官网网址淭he campaign just allows us the opportunity to get some perspective on how we have maintained our freedom and to remember those that fought so hard to ensure we maintained that freedom,B次元官网网址� Logan said.

Logan, whose grandfather was a veteran of the First World War, said his thoughts go to his grandfather and his own three children when the flags go up. He hopes the public come out in support of the flag-raising ceremony, especially in light of the tragedy in Ottawa Wednesday that saw a soldier posted at the National War Memorial gunned down in the nationB次元官网网址檚 capital.

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For more information on the National Poppy Campaign, visit legion.ca.

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