Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon receives first poppy of 2021
This year’s ceremony also marks 100 years since the Royal Canadian Legion began using poppies as a symbol of remembrance
Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon (centre) and her husband Whit Fraser (right) greet veterans and Canadian Forces members after receiving the first poppies of the 2021 Poppy Campaign. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon and her husband, Whit Fraser, received the first poppies of the Royal Canadian Legion’s 2021 Poppy Campaign at a ceremony at Rideau Hall’s Tent Room on Monday morning.
The annual ceremony also marked 100 years since the legion, then called the Great War Veterans Association, first adopted the poppy as a symbol of remembrance in 1921, just three years after the end of the First World War.
After receiving their poppies, May Simon and Fraser presented poppies to a group of veterans, cadets and Canadian Forces members.
Bruce Julian (left), dominion president of the Royal Canadian Legion, presents Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon (right) with the first poppy ahead of Remembrance Day during a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Oct. 25. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
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