For the first time, London is honouring its veterans with multiple banners surrounding Victoria Park and London City Hall.
Some depict images of heroes who never made it home. Others display the faces of the lucky ones who did.
In life, some, including Tom Hennessy, were featured on CTV News London.
At 100, the wartime spitfire pilot walked 100 miles around Victoria Park to raise funds for younger veterans in need.
Now his image sits across the street leaving his wife, Joyce, overwhelmed.
“He’s back,” she said with emotion looking up at her late husband’s banner. “I am thrilled and I am honoured.”
London Branches of the Royal Canadian Legion are behind the memorial banner project. Thirty-three will remain on display through Remembrance Day.
Chair of London’s Remembrance Day Committee Randy Warden with Joyce Hennessy, widow of veteran Tom Hennessy, on Sept. 6, 2024. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London)
“We were inspired by a number of the towns around London that had done it in the last couple of years. And …