Every Remembrance Day, ceremonies are held to remember those who served or are serving; an overnight watch is done at the Swift Current Cenotaph by the cadets; and grade schools get to hear speakers (like the Legion's Andy Keys) pass along their stories.

But now the Swift Current Legion is making red and green maple leaf sign markers for veterans families, which can be placed at their burial sites, to help their memories live on throughout the year - not just in November.

Jason Tangen - sergaent at arms and second vice chair with the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 56 in Swift Current, as well as deputy commanding officer of the 605 Air Cadets squadron - said they heard of another legion having the metal maple leaf cutouts made for veterans' plots, and decided to do the same.

Wheatland Machine Shop provided 20 plasma-cut markers free of charge.

"We approached [Wheatland Machine Shop] to make them for us," said Tangen. "When they found out who it was for, and what it was going to do for the branch, they donated 20 of them no charge. Basically all we have to do when we get them now is weld them to a metal post and paint them, and we sell them for $25 to veterans' families. They don't have to be buried at the veterans' cemetery here. But they do have to be a veteran or a family member. All the proceeds go towards maintaining the veterans' cemetery plot here in Swift Current."

For Tangen and others in the legion, providing and maintaining a nice resting place for veterans is very important.

"It's rewarding beyond what words can say... It's very important to remember for our generation and future ones to remember and hnour the sacrifices that people made so many years ago. Selling leaves is a small step, but it's one that also brightens up the cemetary as well, with the proceeds going toward maintaining. It's definitely something that the people buried there deserve; that, and so much more."