The anniversary of D-Day and the invasion of Normandy is celebrated every year on June 6 by the Royal Canadian Legion, Alexander Ross Branch #77. This year, with the restrictions surrounding COVID-19, the ceremony was small in person, but was streamed online on Facebook Live, with the traditional ceremony and laying of the wreaths. Ashes of Remembrance Day wreaths were also scattered on a grave, a tradition that has its roots in the dedication of the Vimy Ridge memorial. Earlier in the day, volunteers also cleaned up the graves of veterans at the Yorkton cemetery and decorated them with Canadian flags. Pastor Rick Gibson said that it’s time not only to remember those who died in World War II and the Normandy landings, but those who survived and returned.
