Honouring veterans: Canada’s National Ceremony of Remembrance held in Ottawa
Posted Nov 11, 2015 04:36:01 AM.
Last Updated Nov 11, 2015 04:39:59 PM.
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OTTAWA – Remembrance Day ceremonies took place across the country today as Canadians pause to honour all military personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Canada’s National Ceremony of Remembrance was held at the National War Memorial at the corner of Elgin and Wellington Streets. The ceremony officially began at 10:55 a.m., marking the anniversary of the end of the First World War, at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.
The Canadian Forces’ commander-in-chief, Governor General David Johnston, presided over the main ceremony. Johnston later hosted a luncheon to honour this year’s National Silver Cross Mother, Sheila Anderson. Representing all grieving families, Anderson lost her son, Corporal Jordan Anderson, to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2007.
Click here for a list of other ceremonies and parades around the region.
Click here for a list of all Ontario ceremonies.
