Lethbridge City Hall to light up red in honour of Remembrance week
LETHBRIDGE — Not only will there be an official Remembrance Week Nov. 5-11, the temporary renaming of 4 Ave. S. as Veteran’s Avenue, Tag Day to be held on Oct. 27, the poppy flag raising at city hall, and a ceremony at the city’s cenotaph Nov. 11, but there will be a new way to honour those who served their country past and present.
At Monday’s meeting, a suggestion was also made by Councillor Rob Miyashiro to Michael Cormican, President of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch No. 4, to light up City Hall to honour Canada’s veterans.
“Would you consider lighting city hall in red for the weekend of November 11?”
Cormican told council the Remembrance Day committee, made of local members of the army, navy and air force had never considered the idea, but that he would take it upon himself to say the committee would indeed be interested in the idea.