The Honour Our Veterans Banner Program is back for its second year and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 77 is looking to build on the program's successful rookie year.
Last year 100 veterans were honoured the month leading up to Remembrance Day, with banners flying high along Broadway and Darlington Street around the cenotaph.
Tami Hall, the committee chair, said that the program gives people a chance to honour veterans for more than just one day.
"It makes awareness of the sacrifices that people did for us. It makes that a little bit better known."
Hall said that last year's program went excellent, and she is hoping to continue that this year.
"It was just a celebration of loved ones. It was a way of our community showing honour, respect, and appreciation for the veterans," she said. "Nobody loves war, nobody wants to send people to war, but when they go, and they willingly try to make the world a better place, I think we need to try and remember what they did."
Hall noted that the program is for any veterans, past or current, from any war.
"We want to make sure that people know that any veteran is welcome. It should be open to all veterans from all walks of life, all areas, as long as they have some connection to Yorkton whether the person living here is the sponsor or the veteran was living here at one point."
The deadline for sponsors to get their applications in is set for mid-June, and people can get applications from the Legions website, at the Legion office, or by emailing [email protected].
