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Veterans travel to Canada on a trip to remember.

Superior Telegram (Superior, WI)

| November 11, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Superior Telegram. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Maria Lockwood

Nov. 11--Local veterans shared smiles and greetings as sunny as the weather when they gathered in the parking lot of the Government Center Tuesday morning. After a last minute check and the stowing of bags, their caravan of vehicles began the drive to Thunder Bay, Canada. Today, they will march in a Remembrance Day Ceremony beside Canadian veterans.

"Even though we're two different countries, we're very similar," said John Vaski, a member of the Richard I. Bong American Legion Post 435 in Superior. "We're all the same people."

The journey north has become an annual migration.

"We're very proud to go up there and help them …

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