RIBBON, FRATERNAL

Description: RECTANGULAR YELLOW RIBBON. TOP AND BOTTOM EDGE OF RIBBON ARE PINKED. ALONG TOP EDGE IS A BLUE LINEAR DESIGN. PRINTED ON RIBBON IN BLUE IS "42ND BI-ANNUAL CONVENTION ALTA/NWT COMMAND DELEGATE LETHBRIDGE JUNE 10-13 2001", AS WELL AS LEGION CREST. A STICKER ON BACK OF RIBBON READS "REHABILITATION SOCIETY LETHBRIDGE, AB 329-3911".

History: DONOR HAS BEEN A LEGION MEMBER SINCE 1995. HE JOINED THE LETHBRIDGE BRANCH ON ACCOUNT OF HIS INTEREST IN LOCAL MILITARY HISTORY AND THE FACT HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER ENLISTED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR HAD NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO JOINING. IN 1998 HE CURATED THE MUSEUM EXHIBIT "A CALL TO SERVE" HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LOCAL LEGION. AS A RESULT, HE WAS INVITED TO GET INVOLVED IN A MORE ACTIVE CAPACITY. IN NOVEMBER OF 1998 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE EXECUTIVE OF THE NO. 4 BRANCH AND SERVED A TWO-YEAR TERM. HE SERVED ON THE POPPY, REMEMBRANCE DAY AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEES. MATERIAL WAS COLLECTED DURING HIS EXECUTIVE ACTIVITIES OR IN SUPPORT OF ONGOING LEGION EVENTS/ACTIVITIES. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.