Open Letter To The Media After Successful Fight Against Newton Legion
After my successful fight against the Newton Legion of the Royal Canadian Legion during 1993/94, I issued a well-deserved and urgently needed “Open Letter to the Media”.
I would like to thank all those who have supported me, and other Sikh Veterans in connection with the events which occurred at the Newton Legion, Surrey, B.C Canada, on last Remembrance Day. Without your support:-
we would not have received the Public Apology on B C T V from the President of Newton Legion and a Press Release from the Royal Canadian Legion.
the Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion would not have amended its by-laws to treat the head-dress of the Jews and Sikhs faiths as religious, and to allow the Jews and Sikh Veterans wearing their respective religious head-dresses admission, into all areas of 1720 Legion Branches across Canada, effective November 28, 1993.
I would especially like to thank Penny Priddy MLA who stood with us throughout this ordeal. I would also like to thank other Politicians, especially the Media and hundreds of thousands of Canadians who supported us. Words cannot express my gratitude to all of those Canadians who have worked with me tirelessly to ensure that the discriminatory rules framed and practised by some of the Royal Canadian Legion Branches across Canada, were changed by the Dominion Command, the highest Legion Authority, in Canada. Through this experience, I have learnt that the vast majority of Canadians are wonderful and tolerant people.
Lt Col Pritam Singh Jauhal (Retd) World War II Veteran
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Veteran victory for religious tradition
Veteran Remembrance Day
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After my successful fight against the Newton Legion of the Royal Canadian Legion during 1993/94, I issued a well-deserved and urgently needed “Open Letter to the Media”. 
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