OTTAWA –
To mark Remembrance Day, the Royal Canadian Legion led a nationwide remembrance ceremony on the National War Memorial.
To honour Canada’s veterans and those that died serving within the army, the ceremony included a veterans’ march, the enjoying of the Last Post, two minutes of silence, a 21-gun salute, the laying of wreaths by Canadian dignitaries, and a fly-past.
Canadians gathered in Ottawa, in addition to at legions and cenotaphs throughout the nation. The occasion was aired on CTV News Channel, which supplied particular reside protection with Omar Sachedina from the ceremony within the nation’s capital. It aired from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET.
CTVNews.ca’s reside weblog under had updates from CTV reporters on the bottom because the ceremony came about.