The Royal Canadian Legion in the Western Zone of the USA including Mexico
All are invited to the 2025 Remembrance Day Service on November 9th, 2025 at 4:00pm that will be held in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. 100 N. Third Ave., Covina California. Royal Canadian Legion Poppies will be provided for each attendee.
Each year on Memorial Day weekend Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion (representing the San Francisco Bay Area) host a service to honour Memorial Day in the United States. The service is usually held on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, depending on the availability of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC) Arkansas Division (who support all of our services).
This year the service will be held at 11am on Saturday, 24 May at the Royal Canadian Legion plot in the Greenlawn Cemetery on 1100 El Camino Real in Colma, California (for more information, please visit https://royalcanadianlegionus25.com/memorial-day-service/ ).
If you are unable to attend in person, please register for the live stream at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nFfLAdq3RrePn9iTcLX9yg
Following the service we invite you to join members of the branch for a no host lunch at Black Bear Diner on 4927 Junipero Serra Blvd in Colma.
Here in the US our Royal Canadian Legion Branches do not own buildings where we can meet and socialize like the Branches typically have in Canada. We have often held our meetings in an American Legion Post building where we have been welcomed as friends and allies. American Legion Posts are very active all across the country with something going on almost every night of the week. It may be bingo, a hamburger roast, a dance, bring your own steak to BBQ or a fund raiser of some sort. It has been this writer’s experience that when I go to an American Legion I am welcomed and treated as though I am a member of that Post and told that Royal Canadian Legion members have reciprocal privileges when they drop in. Find the location of your nearest American Legion Post, see what activities are being held and then stop by for an enjoyable social visit.
To everyone who came out to decorate with us, On behalf of Coding for Veterans, a heartfelt THANK YOU!
Your creativity, teamwork, and dedication made all the difference, and I’m beyond thrilled to share that we’ve won the 2025 International Award!
We couldn’t be prouder of what we accomplished together. Thank you for helping us shine on the global stage!
To see more and to explore Coding For Veterans go to: https://preview.mailerlite.com/i2h7k4z5a2/2653946152310801936/c5l0/
Watch for our members and veterans that will be on a Veterans Rose Parade float this coming January. Check out the website; https://www.codingforveterans.com/
Honour a veteran’s service by creating his/her Remembrance story and posting a picture online with a Digital Poppy between the dates October 25th thru November 11th.
Click on “Digital Poppy”.
There are many Canadians that live in the US and are members of a Royal Canadian Legion Branch here in the US. Over the years these members have supported the RCL with donations to the Dominion Poppy Fund as well as helping Canadian Veterans that are in the US and having difficulty. The International Western Zone USA has sent a representative to the Dominion Convention for many years. This year at the Dominion Convention in Saint John, New Brunswick our Commander, Ron Davidson, took this photo showing the American flag posted beside the provincial flags for the first time. Thank you Dominion for recognizing us down here.
All are invited to the 2024 Remembrance Day Service on November 10th, 2024 to be held in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. 100 N. Third Ave., Covina California. Royal Canadian Legion Poppies will be provided for each attendee.
Royal Canadian Legion member, Brian Prewitt, will participate in this year’s Out of the Darkness walk hosted by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He is the team captain for the Royal Canadian Legion Riders walk team with a goal amount of a modest $250.
The event takes place on Saturday morning, 14 September at Mike Ward park in Irvine, CA.
Join Brian in the walk, or consider donating to the organization at: https://supporting.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=341564
Once again this year the Royal Canadian Legion will have a booth set up at the Costa Mesa Fairgrounds Scottish Fest https://www.scottishfest.com/ to hand out our Remembrance Poppies to passers-by and to answer questions they may have about our organization.
The booth will be manned on Saturday May 25th from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm and then on Sunday May 26th from 9:00 am until 5:30 pm. We have all had a lot of fun in past years and the sight and sound of the massed pipe bands is really worth the trip. We hope to see you there.
Royal Canadian Legion Western Zone, USA 