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Legion of Frontiersmen Celebrate 120 Years Pictured above: a reenactment group fired four blanks from a cannon to start the Legion of Frontiersmen's open house with a bang. LORRAINE MCNEELY PHOTO
Kari Janzen Staff Reporter
The Legion of Frontiersmen celebrated 120 years on Saturday, July 13, hosting an open house where people could visit the museum, learn about the shared history with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), eat cake and hot dogs, and for those who arrived in the morning, experience a reenactment group fire blanks from a cannon. “The museum started in the 1970s, but the Legion of Frontiersmen have been present here since the late 1920s-30s,” said museum curator Jenn Severson, who
is also a Major with the Legion of Frontiersmen. With the noticeable cenotaph that stands atop a hill alongside Highway 14, many people said they had driven past but didn’t realize there was also a museum beyond. Down a winding road through the trees, the building is situated not far from the Hastings Lake shoreline. While Severson said it was raining when she arrived Saturday morning, the open house saw a good turnout throughout the day. “We are celebrating 120 years this year, so we wanted to open the doors to our neighbours who have driven past here hundreds of times, but didn’t know what was down here. We wanted to get people to see
what’s here and learn a little bit about what we’ve done and what we do,” Severson said. The Legion of Frontiersmen began in 1904 by Roger Pocock, a British man who was once a member of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP). “The Legion of Frontiersmen was started by Roger Pocock, who was a veteran of the Boer War and was also a member of the NWMP. On December 24, 1904, he officially founded the Legion of Frontiersmen. He wanted an organization that would support people with similar stories: veterans, different frontiersmen, people who had worked in the frontiers of the world. Continued on Page 5
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