How Can I Be a Good Veteran?

When I became a Veteran and joined the Veterans group, how can I be a good Veteran? During Remembrance Week leading up to Remembrance Day, the Royal Canadian Legion and the Veterans groups and this gentleman from Veterans Affairs set up information tables and displays in the Royal BC Museum and they advertised to have school children come in by whole classes to see the displays. Veterans are manning the tables. We answer questions and they go to a classroom and the Veterans are asked to go and speak to them. And so I was honoured to do that on behalf of Aboriginal Veterans and myself. They have an annual sunset ceremony and they have children come and each child is asked to place a Canadian flag on each of the graves, headstones and place a burning candle at sunset. And this is an annual event and the schools and the Girl Guides and Veterans all come together to do that. I have taken part in that and it is very, very, very meaningful. So with the youth the important thing in my mission in the Legion and Veterans Affairs is the Act of Remembrance. That is so important. And to have the youth and to have Veterans to cooperate. So Veterans Affairs, the Legion and the Veteran’s groups are open to do that and it’s so successful, so encouraging to see that.