"Branch No. 177" - Caroline, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 52° 05.693 W 114° 44.291
11U E 654936 N 5774004
Branch No. 177 is the number assigned to the Royal Canadian Legion in Caroline, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WMJM67
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 12/02/2013
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If you get off Main Street and head to the northeast corner of town you will find the Royal Canadian Legion in Caroline, Alberta. Activities at this Legion include live music with several different country music nights planned here.
There is a monument in front of the Legion which recognizes the sacrifice of the fallen of the World War I and 2, the Korean War and other conflicts and peacekeeping missions.
The text on the monument includes:
VALOUR
Dedicated
to the Glory of God
and to Those
Who Served
Their Country
At the Going Down
of the Sun
and in the Morning
We Will Remember Them
Royal Canadian Legion
Caroline Branch #177
11 November 1982
1914 - 18 1939 - 45
Korea U.N.
NATO NORAD
The monument has been placed near the entrance and allows for room for most everyone in town to get a position nearby on Remembrance Day. To the back of the monument a small garden adds to the beauty of the surroundings. Each Remembrance Day, November 11, many of the town's 500 residents gather at the Legion at 11 a.m. to remember the town and country's fallen