Juno Beach flag to fly at township hall

A Canadian flag that has flown over Juno Beach is given to a group of travelling Canadians - most from Uxbridge! Photo courtesy of Tish MacDonald

Roger Varley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Tish MacDonald, who has long an advocate of Uxbridge's veterans, appeared before council on Monday with a Canadian flag that had flown above the memorial to Canadian forces at Juno Beach, site of the Normandy landings in the Second World War.

MacDonald proposed to council that the flag be raised outside the township offices on June 6 and that it be flown for a month.

Councillor Willie Popp suggested the flag be flown until Canada Day, while councillor Todd Snooks said there should also be a ceremony when the flag is taken down. There was also a suggestion that this particular flag be flown at the cenotaph on Remembrance Day.

MacDonald received the flag after she and a contingent of Uxbridge residents visited the Juno Beach Centre, where she, on behalf of the Uxbridge Honour Our Veterans Banner Program, made a donation to the centre. MacDonald was the driving force behind the banner program which honours local veterans with banners spread throughout the township every year before Remembrance Day.