The New Start & Chip Kerr Lounge
We are extremely proud of our history in Port Moody, but also recognize that we have a wonderful purpose built legion ….. (being updated)
Located at 2529 Clarke Street, Port Moody, BC, CA, V3H 0J2
You can use the customer or street parking, accessible by bus and Moody Centre Skytrain.
History & The Old Legion Building
Being updated
How Can I join & be part of the Legion
Branch #119 is a new, purpose built legion that welcomes members, non-members & families. Children are permitted until 10pm and have to be supervised. You don’t have to be a member, or sign anybody in. It couldn’t be easier to access all of the facilities, affordable food & drinks. The legion is also taking bookings for community events, parties and has a wonderful kitchen that can also offer catering. Membership does have its benefits & also helps the legion stay operating in the community & for veterans. See our Members & Meeting page for more details.
Poppy & Remembrance Day November 11th
Armistice Day or “Remembrance Day” as it has come to be known, originated following the end of the First World War. The Armistice agreement was signed between Germany and the Allied Forces in Paris on Monday, 11 November 1918 at 0500 hours. The ceasefire went into effect at 1100 hours the same morning. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The first Armistice Day was observed in 1919. On November 6th, in the House of Commons, the then acting Prime Minister of Canada, Sir George Foster read a message from King George V.
In Flanders Fields
BY JOHN MCCRAE
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.