Remembrance Day ceremonies proceeded across the province this morning despite inclement weather for most.
At the National War Memorial in downtown St. John’s, the rain began with the ceremony, blowing cold and sideways for the duration, enough to cancel the parade and march-past but hardly the acts of remembrance.
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There was instead a quiet acknowledgement among the hundreds in attendance that it could be much worse, such as the conditions endured by the soldiers of wars past.
The Royal Canadian Legion’s Perry Grandy noted it was a tradition established after the First World War in solemn respect by and for the generations of veterans before and after them.
“We will complete our active remembrance service and maintain our obligation to never forget the sacrifices of the fallen who gave their lives for our today,” he said.
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Tony Wakeham attended his first Remembrance Day ceremony as premier, flanked by Lt.-Gov. Joan Marie Aylward and Mayor Danny Breen.
Today also marked the second Remembrance Day ceremony since Newfoundland and Labrador’s Unknown Soldier was entombed at the War Memorial on July 1st of last year.
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