{"id":70486,"date":"2017-02-23T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70486"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:53:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:53:21","slug":"arthur-murray-leaves-royal-canadian-legion-branch-297-in-a-lurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70486","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Murray leaves Royal Canadian Legion Branch 297 in a lurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=70293\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70293\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/murray9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"244\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/murray9.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/murray9-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Dave Hardin wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70287\">Arthur Murray last month<\/a> on tips from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stolenvalour.ca\/?hc_ref=SEARCH&#038;fref=nf\">Stolen Valour-Canada<\/a> brothers. Murray was  the first vice-president of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 297 where he handed in his resignation to president Linda Fisher according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard-freeholder.com\/2017\/02\/21\/cornwall-royal-canadian-legion-left-lurching-after-1st-vice-presidents-false-claims\">Cornwall Standard-Freeholder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy first feeling when hearing about this was disbelief,\u201d said Ron Racine, the Legion\u2019s third vice-president and its membership chairman. \u201cHe (Murray) knows a lot of military information, so I was really in shock when I found out everything there (on This Ain&#8217;t Hell) was true, I couldn\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murray was a Legion member for 14 years, which made the news even more difficult to accept.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard because it\u2019s like a family here,\u201d said Racine, confirming Murray has also turned in his membership.<\/p>\n<p>Racine noted that Murray was accepted as a Legion member because \u201che had been in the military \u2013 he had proof of that. Because of that background, he could become a member. (But) we don\u2019t ask for full military background.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornwallseawaynews.com\/news\/2017\/2\/22\/legion-responds-to-false-claims.html\">Cornwall Seaway News<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All of the members of the Legion Branch 297 Executive Committee said that they were shocked by the revelations of about Murray.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His own family didn&#8217;t even know,&#8221; said Bernadette Heagle, the new First Vice President at the Legion. &#8220;He was always very knowledgeable so why would you question it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have the guy outside and he knew everything about it,&#8221; said Ron Racine. &#8220;Its almost as if his life revolved around the military.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Linda Fisher says that the Legion acted swiftly when it learned about the revelations about Murray, but that they only found out about it because a legion member saw the post on Facebook. No one formally notified the Legion.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But stolen valor (or valour) is a victimless crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Hardin wrote about Arthur Murray last month on tips from our Stolen Valour-Canada brothers. 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