Lest We Forget
by Maggie Chandler on November 8, 2008
in Uncategorized
Remembrance Day is November 11th. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month marks the signing of the Armistice to end WW1 in 1918. This year is the 90th anniversary of the end of WW1 and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The City of Vancouver’s Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held on:
Tuesday, November 11th at 10:30 a.m.
Cenotaph at Victory Square
(West Hastings Street, between Cambie and Hamilton)
These ceremonies, which include a wreath-laying to honour those who gave their lives.
Weather permitting there will be a commemorative fly-past at 11 a.m. by the Recreational Aircraft Association, Western Warbirds, and 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron.
There are also simultaneous Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place at several Vancouver parks, including Stanley Park’s Japanese Memorial (west of Aquarium), Memorial Park South, Grandview Park Cenotaph, Victory Square Park and, at 12:30 p.m., a special ceremony at the new Chinese cenotaph at Keefer Square.
There is also a Remembrance Day run in Stanley Park,gather at Brockton Point. Join the celebrations at Hamilton Place Theatre
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