RMC Saint-Jean to exercise Freedom of the City
in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu on 22 April

Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean) will exercise Freedom of the City in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu at 9:30 a.m. on April 22. In keeping with tradition, the Commander of the Officer Cadet Wing will lead the officer cadets to City Hall where Mayor Gilles Dolbec will review the troops. The Mayor and the Commandant of RMC Saint-Jean, Colonel Guy Maillet, will each deliver a speech. The RMC Saint-Jean Officer Cadet Wing will then parade in the streets of the city.

Granting Freedom of the City is an ancient tradition by which a community recognizes a military unit and grants it the privilege of marching through the community with drums beating, Colours flying and bayonets fixed. It is a prized honour from a community that also enables a city to recognize the merits of a military unit and express the affection and esteem of its citizens for the said unit.

The city has granted Freedom of the City to Royal Military College Saint-Jean on 1 October 1977, and this right was exercised in 1992 and 1995.

RMC Saint-Jean is proud to invite the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu community to attend this ceremony, an event also celebrating the 60th foundation anniversary of the College. The Freedom of the City Parade will start at 9:30 a.m. in front of City Hall, located at 188 Jacques Cartier Nord.