...to silently honour our veterans and the men and women who gave their lives in the service of Canada and our allies. We attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at Mewata Armoury today -- since my son is a Royal Canadian Air Cadet, he is required to attend. We don't normally attend, but we went as a family today and were very glad we did.

 

Did.

We went downtown to the National War Memorial for the ceremony with 30,000 of our closest friends. The two minutes of silence at 11:00 was preceded by the bells of the Peace Tower clock and the first gun of the 21 gun salute, and came between The Last Post and The Rouse, played to perfection by a DND bugler. Pipe band, multiple fly-by's, brass band, children's choir, veteran's parade - a very impressive ceremony.

We finished up in a historic pub across the street from Parliament Hill for a pint and some pub grub. A good day.

 

Did too. For the first time in years didn't attend an actual service however. Wimped out due to the monsoon taking place here at the time.

Many thanks to all of those who served and to those now serving.

 

Most certainly did.

Was at work so i didn't get a chance to attend a service at the Cenotaph but I wore my poppy proudly and I always keep one pinned to my headliner in every car.

I just feel that one day isn't enough to thank all the brave officers/soldiers who put their lives on the line for us.

 

Yes.

Our office shuts down (every year) at 11am for a minute while bag pipes play Amazing Grace over the PA system.

 

That's one great thing about living in the Nations' Capital -- all the national celebrations/observances. We had a mini version of all that. The bugler and most of the band were from my son's squadron.

 

We did the mini version several times - our daughter was an army cadet for 4 or 5 years.

 

I was working outside like I usually am on Remembrance Day. Doing the sound for the cenotaph memorial. Outside for 2 hours and I did not dress accordingly.

Definitely was not expecting snow and hail!!