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"Sometimes I ask all the girls in the room to get up and they will do it with joy. Then I will ask them to leave the room and that's when most of them will look me in the eye, "he said." I'll tell them that in some countries, girls do not have the opportunity to It's just boys who go to school.
Hagan and his wife Edna also spent time volunteering at school during the annual Remembrance Day ceremony. When the 11th of November falls on a weekday, it often means that the big ceremony of the city center is missing.
"I would rather be at school with the students," he said, adding that it was great to see the new generation pay tribute.
In Mary Ward, he said, each clbad creates a large paper poppy and the students then create their own smaller poppies. On the leaves of the small flowers, they write the names of their family members who served, then the small poppies are affixed to the leaves of the largest poppies. All large poppies are brought to the auditorium for the Remembrance Day ceremony and hung on the walls.
"They end up with a sea of poppies and all these people – people these kids have never met – are commemorated and honored for their sacrifices and services," Hagan said.
In November, the Hagan also donate their time to support the Legion's annual poppy campaign.
"I could not imagine not doing the poppy disc," Dave said. "It's so important."
The annual campaign funds support veterans and their families and are reinvested in the community for the benefit of veterans.
The poppy collection, he said, is important because it brings attention back to those who served. In promoting Remembrance Day, he said that war is often at the center of attention.
"There is a great misconception that Remembrance Day is about war. This is not the case. That's what was done to protect our rights and [freedoms]. "
Hagan lives in Niagara Falls and has been a member of LRC Branch 24 for 15 years. He enjoys being a member, he said, because of the great work done by the community.
"It's nice to feel useful," he laughed. "At 89, he does not sit with his feet in the air. I am there, I keep doing things and it makes me feel useful and helpful. I have to stay active – as they say, use it or lose it. "
This year, as Remembrance Day falls on a Sunday, Hagan will attend the grand community ceremony.
The parade begins at 10:15 am at the St. Catharines City Hall, where everyone will head to Memorial Park Cenotaph on St. Paul Street for a ceremony.
There will also be ceremonies in St. Catharines on Sunday at Merritton and at the Imperial Veterans Association on George Street.
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