Port Arthur Legion

In July 1921, the Great War Vetrans Association, a forerunner of the Royal Canadian Legion, met at the Prince Arthur Hotel in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada. Inspired by John McCrea's poem In Flanders Fields, Madame Anna Guérin, "The Poppy Lady of France" presented her idea of the remembrance poppy to the assembled vetrans. The GWVA passed a resolution that the poppy be worn on the anniversary of Armistice Day in memory of fallen comrades. On 11 November 1921, poppies were made by the women and children of France and distributed in Canada for the first time under the sponsorship of the GWVA. Within a year, all Legion branches across Canada wore the poppy as a means of remembrance, a practice that continues to this day.

You can join our livestream event below on Sunday July 4th at 10:30am EDT. For more information please contact poppy100canada@gmail.com