<P> Legion Halls are numbered, for example "Branch 99 Royal Canadian Legion". This is not a nationwide numbering system, instead each provincial Command has its own numerical sequence . "Branch 99", therefore, can refer to any of several Legion Halls, as follows: Belleville, Ontario; Cowansville, Quebec; Lipton / Dysart, Saskatchewan; Coronation, Alberta (a branch that has closed); Sicamous, British Columbia; or Emo, Ontario (in the Manitoba / Northwestern Ontario Command). </P> <P> The Royal Canadian Legion Maple Leaf Post-84 is located in Royal Oak, Michigan . </P> <P> The Poppy image is powerful symbol and easily recognizable in Canada as being associated with loss, sacrifice and remembrance . With the formation of the Legion in 1925 the Poppy was adopted as a national symbol of remembrance and the focal point of the Poppy Campaign . In 1948 the Government of Canada chose to award the trademark copyright of the Poppy to the Royal Canadian Legion - a move made to protect the image from misuse . This trademark copyright remains in effect today restricting its usage to remembrance within Canada and under the authority of the Royal Canadian Legion . </P> <P> The Legion is responsible for Canada's remembrance poppy campaign which distributes plastic lapel poppies to be worn in the lead up to Remembrance Day . The poppy is worn on the left lapel, or as close to the heart as possible . The current lapel poppy has been manufactured since 1922--originally under the sponsorship of the Department of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment . Until 1996, the poppy material was manufactured at sheltered workshops operated by Veterans Affairs Canada . Poppies are distributed through retail outlets, workplaces, Legion branches, malls and other locations across Canada . Typically, the poppies are offered up for donation as a symbol of remembrance, using an honour system, with the poppies being left in open places with a receptacle for leaving a donation toward the campaign . Funds raised are used to support ex-service members in need and to fund medical appliances and research, home services, care facilities and numerous other purposes benefiting veterans . </P>

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