The observance of Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 in Canada is an activity that brings together community members of all ages, backgrounds, ethnicities and walks of life.
While long-standing traditions have developed around ceremonies at the B.C. legislature cenotaph downtown, Memorial Park in Esquimalt, Uplands Park in Oak Bay and other sites around the region, a newer ceremony in Victoria offers a quieter way to honour the cityB次元官网网址檚 war dead.
Undertaken by the Naval Fleet School in Esquimalt, the Remembrance Day memorial around the Cross of Sacrifice and war graves section in Ross Bay cemetery offers a serene setting and a more intimate atmosphere than some of the larger services, but with equally meaningful elements.
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Following a march in from the cemetery entrance at Fairfield Road at approximately 10:50 a.m., the ceremony will begin at 11 a.m., with local sailors reading the poem In Flanders Fields, and reciting the Naval Prayer and the Act of Remembrance. The ceremony will also include a bosunB次元官网网址檚 call to B次元官网网址減ipe the still,B次元官网网址� a navy tradition asking all present to stand still at attention, before the observance of two minutes of silence honouring fallen comrades. The laying of a wreath at the base of the cross, along with the laying of poppies, will wind up the service.
