Freedom of the City Ceremony

Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council are pleased to invite the public to our bestowing ceremony of the “Freedom of the City”, the City’s highest honour, to our nine local Military Cadet Units.

The ceremony will take place at the City Hall Plaza (foot of King Street in front of City Hall), on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 2 p.m. (1400 hours).

Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council are truly proud of these young men and women for their dedication, hard work, leadership and commitment for being part of the Cadet movement.

This is the 150th Anniversary of our Country, Canada, and is the most appropriate time to honour our young Cadets.

The following Cadet Units will be receiving this distinct honour, “Freedom of the City”, from the City of Saint John:

161 C.K. Beveridge Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets
527 Simonds Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets
9 Rodney, Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
268 Bras d’Or, Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
311 Halifax, Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
1691 Saint John, Royal Canadian Army Cadets
3034 Blue Mountain Rangers, Royal Canadian Army Cadets
1777 Saint John West, Royal Canadian Army Cadets
140 Kingston Peninsula, Royal Canadian Army Cadets

Our local Military Units who have received the “Freedom of the City” in previous years are as follows:

3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company); December 13, 1968
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada; May 18, 1970
2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment; July 9, 1983
H.M.C.S. Brunswicker; July 6, 1985
Saint Mary’s Band; May 12, 1987
1st, Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment; September 18, 1993
722 (Saint John) Communication Squadron; June 11, 1994
31 (Saint John) Service Battalion; September 24, 1994
410 City of Saint John Squadron R.C.A.F.; July 3, 2012