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November 8, 2014

Branches of Legions across Central Lambton will be holding Remembrance Day events – they are

FRIDAY

Wyoming: Remembrance Day Dinner at 6:30 pm

SUNDAY

Petrolia: Cenotaph Service at 2 pm, Remembrance Day Service at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 416 Queen Street

Florence: Cenotaph Service @ 2:30 pm

Oil Springs: Remembrance Service @ 11 am

TUESDAY

Alvinston: Cenotaph Service 11 am, Soup luncheon at the Legion

Brigden: Cenotaph Service starting at 10:45 am

Petrolia: Remembrance Day Service and Two Minutes of Silence @ 11 am at the Cenotaph

Remembrance Day Dinner @ 5 pm.

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