The doors are closed, the poppy drive is in doubt and Remembrance Day could be wiped off the calendar at the Royal Canadian Legion in Campbellford, Ont., where a man in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, trailing a noose-necked man in blackface, won first prize at a Halloween party last weekend.
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As a member of the Royal Canadian legion this story bothers me very much. In this day and age I find it hard to believe that anyone would be stupid enough to dress up in a KKK outfit and someone else would dress up in blackface and pretend that he was not only a slave but was going to be hanged. And the fact that they won 1st prize for their costume is even more appalling. The fact that it happened in a Legion of all places is very bothersome as well. All of those involved need to be investigated and some answers are needed of the participants, but to shut down the Legion was not the answer as the two men involved were not even legion members. Punishing an entire Legion for the mistakes of a few is over reaction and the legion needs to be reopened immediately. Those involved need to be dealt with but don't hold the innocent hostage over the deeds of a couple of Idiots.
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