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Each November 11th the citizens of Langley gather at the Canadian Legion (56th Avenue at Eastleigh Crescent) in Langley City to pause in a silent moment of remembrance for the men and women who served our country during wartime.
North American Navions fly formation over the Canadian Legion cenotaph on Remembrance Day.
Remembrance Day honours those who fought for Canada - in the First World War (1914-1918), the Second World War (1939-1945) and the Korean War (1950-1953). More than 1,500,000 Canadians served overseas - more than 100,000 died. They gave their lives and their future so that we may live in peace.
Please support the War Veterans by wearing a poppy and attending a Remembrance Day Memorial Service on November 11th.
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In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, saw dawn, felt sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up your quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Written by Doctor Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) John McCrae of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade on May 3, 1915 after the battle at Ypres.
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