London, Ont. Remembrance Day ceremony draws large crowd – London | 24CA News
A big crowd gathered on the Victoria Park Cenotaph in London, Ont., Saturday morning for the town’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony and parade.
This 12 months’s parade took a barely totally different route because of building within the downtown.
The parade, which consisted of members of varied navy and police teams, met on the Delta Armouries, went east on Dundas Street, north on Waterloo Street and west on Dufferin Avenue.
Road closures have been in place however the streets have since reopened.
The ceremony started with the Salvation Army Jubilee Brass adopted by a land acknowledgement and opening remarks.
The crowd sang the nationwide anthem together with a dwell band’s efficiency.
The Last Post was then performed, adopted by two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. to commemorate the armistice that went into impact on Nov. 11, 1918, ending the First World War.
Remembrance Day ceremonies happened throughout the nation, together with Canada’s nationwide Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa.
Gloria Hooper, the nationwide Silver Cross Mother, laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honour of her son Chris Holopina, who was the primary Canadian peacekeeper to be killed within the United Nations operation in Bosnia in 1996.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a press release encouraging Canadians to honour Canadian Armed Forces members who’ve fought or offered humanitarian help in crises.
– with recordsdata from The Canadian Press
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