Richmond legion going big for Remembrance

Scott Stewart is expecting a big turnout this year at the Royal Canadian Legion’s post-Remembrance Day service event.

Stewart, the legion’s chair of the management committee, said they’re putting on more entertainment than before.

And, with this year’s Remembrance Day falling on the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, he believes there will be a heightened interest in the special day.

“We have a really attractive line-up (of entertainment), Stewart told the Richmond News on Monday, adding that he expects around 100 people to show up.

“It’s our most important day of the year; remembrance is critical to us at the legion; we need to remember those that lost so much.”

The Royal Canadian Legion (branch 291), at 11131 Bridgeport Rd., opens at noon, right after the Remembrance Day service at the cenotaph at city hall.

The legion will be firing up the grill and barbecuing burgers right after opening, with Kyle Banta on the bagpipes at the same time.

The Palmer secondary choir will be performing at 1 p.m. and Steve Hillis will be entertaining with Flanders Fields and music starting at 6:30 p.m.