GALLERY: Remembrance Day service held in Black Diamond
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 of Turner Valley held a ceremony for Remembrance Day at the Oilfields High School gymnasium in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. It was the first in-person ceremony hosted by the Legion since 2019.
Many attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Foothills County Reeve Delilah Miller, Black Diamond Mayor Brendan Kelly and Turner Valley Mayor Barry Crane were among those in attendance for the service and to lay wreaths.Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.ca
Dean Compton, president of the Turner Valley Legion Branch 78, welcomes people to a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. It was the first in-person Remembrance Day service the Legion has held since 2019. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.caA sombre moment during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.caWreaths and crosses were placed on the gym's stage during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.caChris Niles, with the Foothills Music Society, plays the Last Post during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.caTed Bain, a military veteran and Black Diamond Town Coun. recites the poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.caDonna Friesen places the first wreath, on behalf of the Government of Canada, during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.caPiper Tammy Conacher plays as the Colour Party marches off during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.caGuests and dignitaries attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.caThe Colour Party marches off during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Oilfields High School in Black Diamond on Nov. 11. Robert Korotyszyn/OkotoksToday.ca
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