A 12-year veterans’ banner project in Tantramar, N.B., is now a 348-page book of family-written stories — a labour of love that relatives say brings their grandfathers’ history to life.
Garth Zwicker spent 12 years gathering stories for a new collection
Polina Kozlova · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 31, 2026 5:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Garth Zwicker holds his book, They Live On in Memory, chronicling nearly 250 local veteran banners. (Submitted by Garth Zwicker)
A man who started a veterans’ banner project in Tantramar 12 years ago, knowing little about the area’s military history, says the stories he has gathered since have changed how he sees his adopted community.
Garth Zwicker compiled They Live On in Memory: The Tantramar Veterans Banner Project, a 348-page book that the Tantramar Heritage Trust will launch Sunday at the Sackville Legion.
Zwicker said the project began when he visited his father, a Korean War veteran with Alzheimer’s disease, at the Ridgewood Veterans Facility in Saint John. He was invited to the unveiling of 32 veterans’ banners there and wanted something similar at home.
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