Tony Bratschitsch is the Youth Education Chair for the Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 36 (Dundas) and at the Zone level where he does Youth Outreach .
Tony started by thanking the club for the great service work it does in the community. He then gave a history of how the poppy got to be the Remembrance Day icon it is, starting as the only thing that would grow in Flanders fields; being sent home with soldiers' letters; the writing of Flanders Fields by John McCrae; and, then the making of cloth poppies in France by folks with one hand.
His goal as youth chair is to help pass the torch of remembrance to ongoing generations. The legion runs a Remembrance contest for youth where posters, poems and essays are contributed. When Tony speaks to youth he stresses the effect wartime service has on families.