I have seen the trail of hate all over our social media accounts (thankful that we have the ban and hide function for those that blatantly refuse to adhere to our terms of use). I have seen vile words thrown at staff, and at myself. I have seen this type of anger all too often during this pandemic, so it was easy for my mind to go there first. I got frustrated because my initial thought was that whoever did this did so out of anger at us. READ ALSO: Legion marks 100th anniversary of poppy symbol during campaign launchĭo you have a story tip? Email: us on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook.I first want to address why I was frustrated. Volunteers will be collecting donations and giving out poppies at locations throughout the West Shore until Nov. “That’s our main priority, to keep this alive, to keep people remembering.” “That’s the reason the Legion exists,” he said. He, too, stressed the importance of remembering even when those who lived through the wars firsthand are gone. Langford Legion sergeant-at-arms Bob Bourdage, an Order of Military Merit recipient, was also at the ceremony Friday to raise the Remembrance Day flag.
“He’s really hoping our generation will learn the lessons,” Mundt said. Nearly 80 years later, Seeley is one of increasingly few world war veterans left to their share stories. READ ALSO: Fred Seeley recalls harrowing experience during Second World War Seeley spent six months recovering in an English hospital after that night. Seeley was seriously injured with a broken ankle and swollen arm, but still pulled several fellow sailors into lifeboats before climbing into one himself, a scenario relayed by Mundt. Of the 83 crew members on board, 51 lost their lives to injuries or hypothermia, according to the Government of Canada website. He said those who survived the attack spent 19 hours in inflatable lifeboats, their legs dangling in the freezing cold water. In particular, Seeley remembers Maawaking to a German submarine torpedoing his ship in the Bay of Biscay, off Ushant Island in the English Channel. Seeley served in the navy from age 21 in 1941 through to the end of the war in 1945. On the 97-year-old’s drive over to the Branch #91, he told his daughter, Laurie Mundt, receiving the first poppy was an honour, but it was really about representing all the soldiers who couldn’t be there. The Langford branch of the Royal Canadian Legion commemorated the start of their poppy campaign Friday morning, presenting the first pin to Second World War naval veteran Fred Seeley. Sergeant-at-arms Bob Bourdage raises a flag reading ‘Lest We Forget’ to mark the start of the Royal Canadian Legion’s poppy campaign in Langford on Oct.
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