Launch of the 2005 Poppy & Remembrance campaign

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada and patron of the Royal Canadian Legion, receives the symbolic first poppy of the 2005 Poppy & Remembrance campaign from the Grand President of the Legion, Charles H. Belzile, on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at Rideau Hall.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada and patron of the Royal Canadian Legion, pins a poppy on the lapel of the Grand President of the Legion, Charles H. Belzile, on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at Rideau Hall.

A group of Veterans listen to remarks by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada and patron of the Royal Canadian Legion, during the launch of the 2005 Poppy & Remembrance campaign on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at Rideau Hall. The Governor General spoke of the freedom we enjoy and the price paid by our fellow Canadians who fought to preserve it.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada and patron of the Royal Canadian Legion, speaks to Veterans during the launch of the 2005 Poppy & Remembrance campaign on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at Rideau Hall. "In this Year of the Veteran, I call on all Canadians to let the gratitude symbolized by the poppy bloom in their hearts. Let us never allow the poppy to fade from our memories," the Governor General said.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada and patron of the Royal Canadian Legion, talks with Ernie Steeves during the launch of the 2005 Poppy & Remembrance campaign, on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at Rideau Hall.