Pieter Valkenburg and Mario Henry go over the list of veterans buried at cemeteries.  (Photo credit: Daria Valkenburg)

November 4, 2021.  In preparation for Remembrance Day, veterans from Borden-Carleton Branch #10 in Prince Edward Island visit cemeteries and cenotaphs in the area during the last week of October.  Comrades Mario Henry and George Palmer ensure that veterans buried at 9 cemeteries, and whose names are listed on 4 cenotaphs, receive a Canadian flag, for a total of 275 flags in 2021.

Pieter with George Palmer by the grave of WW1 veteran George Hennessey at the Tryon People’s Cemetery in Tryon. (Photo credit: Daria Valkenburg)

The cemeteries covered by the area served by the Borden-Carleton Branch are:

• Cape Traverse – Free Church of Scotland Cemetery (21 flags)
• Cape Traverse – Methodist/United Church Cemetery (11 flags)
• Central Bedeque – Central Bedeque Baptist Cemetery (7 flags)
• Kinkora – St. Malachy’s Roman Catholic Cemetery (48 flags)
• Lower Bedeque – Lower Bedeque Cemetery (19 flags)
• North Tryon – North Tryon Presbyterian Cemetery (13 flags)
• Searletown – Searletown United Cemetery (7 flags)
• Seven Mile Bay – St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Cemetery (95 flags)
• Tryon – Tryon People’s Cemetery (41 flags)

Flags are also placed at these Cenotaphs:

• Augustine Cove Cenotaph (4 flags)
• Borden-Carleton Cenotaph (1 flag)
• Searletown United Cemetery Cenotaph (4 flags)
• Tryon Cenotaph (4 flags)

If you see Canadian flags by graves, please do not disturb them. They are a mark of respect for a veteran’s service to Canada, and will be picked up about a week after November 11. Mario Henry asks that if a veteran’s grave was missed, or if a veteran has recently passed away, please contact the Legion, so that flags can be placed for next year. The Legion can be contacted by phone at 902-855-2660 (after 4 pm) or on its Facebook page. You can also contact Pieter, the branch Public Relations Officer, at memorialtrail@gmail.com.

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