Next week on November 11th is Remembrance Day. I’m not sure how the rest of the world remembers or acknowledges it. It’s also called poppy day where the tradition of wearing a poppy to honour the the many men and women who gave their lives for our freedom in the great world wars.
In Canada ,in so many small towns there are cenotaphs that are now historical landmarks. These monuments remember and honour local people who lost their lives in the World War 1, World War 2, and sometimes the Korean War.
At each local cenotaph at 11.00 A.M November 11th, come rain, snow or shine a celebration is held by the local veterans groups honoring these brave veterans.
Throughout Canada At 11.00 am on the 11th. A minute of silence is held throughout Canada, whether your at work, school shopping everything stops. Radio station’s stop playing music and participate, It’s quite a feat to watch and sometimes newcomers to the Country are left bewildered by what’s going on.
It’s remarkable to watch the ceremonies at a small town at the cenotaph. I will add some photos after Nov.11th. It’s also remarkable that as a test of time the names of these men and women from the local areas. Their names are inscribed on the monuments or are inscribed in stones that surround the cenotaph.
I have made it a small mission that every small town I visit in Ontario Canada has their cenotaph registered on google maps. I want to make sure that these cenotaphs are not forgotten.
I’m not sure how other countries throughout the world remember and celebrate Remembrance Day. Please feel free to add your local remembrance day celebrations here.
On a walk about in a local town not far from me Port Perry Ontario and I love what they did, on every street lamp they raised a banner honouring fallen soldiers with their pictures. It was sad so see photos of brothers who had lost their lives. I have posted a photo of one of them , but they were on display of every street lamp, love it.
We did something similar with our preserved railway and Scouts the year before Covid @TerryPG each kid had a photo of one of the town’s lost that they displayed as the train made its way to the ceremony.
Love the Remembrance train @PaulPavlinovich I did find the time to visit a November 11th Event in a nearby local town Brooklin On. on a very cool Canadian fall day. Despite the problems they had with the sound systems, the ceremony was emotional, the highlights were: The WW2 bomber plane zooming over our heads. The singing of our national anthem by a Kindergarten class Aged 5 years old, And the introduction of a world war 2 veteran who was in late 90s. I also sang the God save the King as part of of the celebration( felt weird saying King instead of Queen) . Then we went to the local Legion/ Veterans hall for soup and sandwiches.
