By Staff
November 3rd, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
The Remembrance Day Services on November 11 will be held at Spencer Smith Park (1400 Lakeshore Rd.), and Veteran Square (426 Brant St.).
Burl-Oak Naval Veterans Remembrance Day Service: 9:00 a.m.
The warships and Merchant Marine that took part in WWII are remembered.
This 30-minute ceremony takes place at the Naval Ships Memorial Monument in Spencer Smith Park. For more information, contact the Burl-Oak Veterans at 905-318-0236 or visit burloaknavalveterans.org.
Remembrance Day Procession, 10:30 a.m.
The procession will be led by armored personnel carriers and will begin at Central School on Baldwin Street, travelling down Brant Street to Elgin Street, Locust Street, Ontario Street and ending at the Cenotaph in Veteran Square, 426 Brant St.
The streets noted will be closed from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60, Remembrance Day Service, 11:00 a.m.
Wreaths are laid at the base of the Cenotaph.
This 45-60-minute ceremony will be held at the Cenotaph in Veteran Square, on the north side of City Hall and will be live-streamed for those who cannot physically attend. For more information or to access the live-stream link, please visit Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60 website burlingtonlegion.com.
The ceremony will include a colour guard, two minutes of silence, music performed by some members of the Burlington Teen Tour Band, reading of In Flanders Fields along with the laying of the wreaths.
I have gone every year for the last 15 years excellent service well attended
Thank you for this.