Ryan Sawyer, Claims Benefit Advisor for the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC), will be in Canadian on Monday, April 27. Claims Advisors serve veterans, their dependents and survivors, in all matters pertaining to veterans' disability benefits and rights. The TVC is the designated agency of the state of Texas to represent the State and its veterans before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
On Monday, May 27, 2024, a small gathering of citizens gathered at the Edith Ford Cemetery in Canadian for Memorial Day services.
Canadian’s annual communitywide Memorial Day ceremony will be held on Monday, May 27, at 11 am. This is one of Canadian’s most important events, honoring generations of men and women of Hemphill County who served in the defense of their country.
As in years past, Canadian’s American Legion Post 56 will conduct this year’s ceremony, which will be held at Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery.
Welcome Mesa View residents and staff, family, visitors, and members of American Legion Post 56. Thank you for being here.
American flags and flagpoles are so common that we often take them for granted. They are as common as, well, apple pie and football. They are so common that a recent visitor to the United States complained that American flags cluttered up the scenery and observed that in her country seeing a national flag was a rarity.
