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Remembrance
The Royal Canadian Legion and its branches are the
Guardians of Remembrance
Branch
Remembrance Day ceremonies
Traditionally,
the first branch ceremony takes place at the Carlingwood
Shopping Centre at 11 a.m. and the service and
wreath-laying ceremony at the Westboro Cenotaph begins
at 2 p.m.
Wherever
you are and whatever you are doing at the 11th hour on
the 11th day of the 11th month, please join your fellow
Canadians and pause for two minutes of silence to honour
and remember our Fallen.
Westboro
Cenotaph This memorial, erected by the Westboro War Memorial
Association, was dedicated on June 8, 1985 to honour the
fallen members of Westboro and surrounding areas. It’s
located near Byron Avenue between Golden and Broadview
avenues.
Remembrance Day Every year, leading up and on Nov. 11, Canadians show
their gratitude to and respect for those who sacrificed
so much as they so bravely fought for their country. We
wear poppies produced
and distributed by the Royal Canadian Legion, and we
honour the fallen at a Remembrance Ceremony at the
National War Memorial in Ottawa. We also gather for
smaller but very moving ceremonies organized by Legion
branches in thousands of neighbourhoods.
Books of Remembrance
These seven books, with the names of Canadians who fought in
wars and died either during or after them, lie in the
Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. If
you want to obtain a copy of a page, you can
order online.
They shall grow not old, as we that
are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.
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