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Small Christmas gifts, such as socks, were sent to Canadian Forces personnel overseas and throughout the year, cards and emails were written to personnel overseas and at home.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\tWith no end in sight to armed conflicts, The Salvation Army will continue to bring hope to the outstanding veterans and service members who continue to make sacrifices to secure our peace and freedom. &nbsp;\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remembrance Day is a day when British Columbians will gather at cenotaphs and ceremonies across the province to honour those who have served in our military and those who continue to serve our country in times of war, conflict and peace.&nbsp; During both world wars and throughout the Cold War, The Salvation Army provided Canadian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-2490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general-interest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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