{"id":31668,"date":"2022-10-06T22:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T01:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=31668"},"modified":"2022-10-06T22:46:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T01:46:04","slug":"retired-enfield-veteran-humbled-to-receive-quilt-of-valour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=31668","title":{"rendered":"Retired Enfield veteran humbled to receive Quilt of Valour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;156&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ENFIELD:<\/strong> An Enfield retired veteran has received a prestigious honour recognizing his military service of close to 40 years to the Royal Canadian Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a presentation last weekend at the Sackville Legion in Lower Sackville, and with family and friends in attendance, Perry Colley of Enfield was presented with the Quilt of Valour. It was given to him by Rhoda Moore from the Quilts of Valour Society, and a former service mate of Colley\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Quilts of Valour Canada Society\u2019s goal is to recognize and support those injured members of the Canadian Armed Forces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VIDEO: Quilt of Valour presented to Perry Colley\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87UDj3VwD1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;161&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colley said he is honoured to receive it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wasn&#8217;t expecting it,\u201d he told The Laker News on Oct. 6. \u201cJust to have my service recognized that was very nice. It&#8217;s hard to describe it, but it was, I felt honoured to receive it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He spoke about what it means to him receiving the Quilt of Valour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt means that maybe our society can start to recognize the contributions of veterans to Canada and recognizing sacrifices that it&#8217;s not just all about going and fighting a war, but the willingness to go and defend the country if called upon to do so,\u201d said Colley. \u201cJust being recognized for that from the group is, it&#8217;s just amazing that they&#8217;re doing this, that they&#8217;re recognizing the members with military service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colley said he and Moore had served for a little more than two years. He hasn\u2019t seen her since before his retirement from the military in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat was kind of nice (having her present him with it),\u201d he said. \u201cI think that had an added touch to it, receiving it from here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moore is a representative from the N.S. branch of the Quilts of Valour society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colley said his wife, Sherri, was the one who told him he was a recipient. She had received an email from the society informing her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen she told me about it, I was like, What?\u201d recalled Colley. \u201cIt was really quite surprising, and quite humbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you think about the contributions of so many people before you and that you actually met that criteria, it\u2019s an honour and I\u2019m grateful for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/308976131_1776859542692867_8839408368085860290_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31670\"\/><figcaption>Perry Colley. (Photo contributed by Sherri Borden Colley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/309379714_1614335232356879_4131124690567999059_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31669\"\/><figcaption>Perry Colley and family and friends after the presentation. (Photo contributed by Sherri Borden Colley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Colley wanted to thank the Legion for hosting the Quilt of Valour ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moore gave Colley a message about the quilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen she put it around me she said every time if you feel any stress or anything, put this on as it will feel like you\u2019re getting a hug from the nation,\u201d Colley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;150&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;156&#8243;] ENFIELD: An Enfield retired veteran has received a prestigious honour recognizing his military service of close to 40 years to the Royal Canadian Navy. 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