Clockwise from left, Esther Delainey of Legion #9, the Naults - Christina, Larry and Gladys - honour their family's veterans, and one of the banners from the 2023 program. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff) 

By Angela Brown

Banner unveiling

Veteran banner program brings community together

Oct 28, 2023 | 8:00 AM

The “Honour Our Veterans” banner program was unveiled at the Alex Dillabough Centre today.

About six new banners were added to the program in Battleford and North Battleford. These and many other banners will be on display in the Battlefords this year.

This is the fifth year of the banner program in Battleford, and the fourth in North Battleford.

Tim Popp, Vice President of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #9 in Battleford, said the banner program “brings more visual attention to the veterans who served our country in wartime, and who never returned, only to be buried in lands from afar. It’s a way of saying: “Thank you for your service.'”

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Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Rosemarie Falk said it’s an honour to attend the ceremony to pay tribute to the vets who have served the country with “great distinction.”

About 120 people attended the unveiling ceremony.

Some people who came to the event travelled far to see their relatives recognized.

The Naults – Christina (Nault) Elliott, Larry Nault, and Gladys (Nault) Anaquod – came in to honour their family’s veterans.

Christina, 88, who came from Didsbury, Alberta, to take part in the event, said her father Elorie, her uncle Napoleon, her brother Dan, her brother “Wally” under the name Joseph, and her brother Richard, were all veterans honoured with banners.

“My dad was a private in the Saskatchewan Light Infantry,” she said. “He is originally from Fairholme Sask. He joined the army from Fairholme in 1939. After he came out of the service, we moved to Battleford. We come from a family of 13.”

Christina said she is glad to see the banners, but added she would rather have her veteran relatives with her in person, because she misses them.

“I’d rather have them here,” she said. “But, we are great service people. We remember them year-round.”

Bernadette Leslie, of the Fred Light Museum, was instrumental in helping start the banner program.

“I feel so pleased at how it’s turned out, with the people supporting this program,” she said. “It’s just wonderful.”

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