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Vimy Tree Planting
August 10, 2017 @ 12:15 pm
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Branch 10 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Amherst will mark our First World War dead by planting a Vimy tree on Thursday, August 10th.The ceremony will be at 12:15 p.m. in Veteran’s Memorial Park, at the corner of Havelock and Ratchford Streets. The tree is a descendant of an oak tree at Vimy Ridge, whose acorns were gathered following the battle by Lt. Col. Leslie Miller.