Remembrance Day ceremonies set for the Beach, East York and Scarborough on Monday, Nov. 11
Remembrance Day ceremonies are being planned for the Beach, East York and southwest Scarborough on the morning of Monday, Nov. 11.
The Beach ceremony is at the Kew Gardens cenotaph on Queen Street East. The ceremony begins with a parade of veterans from Corpus Christi Church on Lockwood Road at approximately 10:30 a.m. to Kew Gardens.
The official ceremony at the cenotaph starts at 10:55 a.m.
In East York, the ceremony takes place at the East York Civic Centre’s Memorial Gardens, 850 Coxwell Ave., starting at 10:45 a.m.
There will also be a march of veterans and Royal Canadian Legion members south on Coxwell Avenue to the Memorial Gardens as part of the East York ceremony.
Southwest Scarborough residents can observe Remembrance Day at the Scarborough War Memorial cenotaph, located at the meeting point of Kingston Road and Danforth Avenue, beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Shelley Lyons, President of Royal Canadian Legion Baron Byng Branch 1/42 on Coxwell Avenue, said residents are welcome to join Branch members at a luncheon (catered by The Kingston House restaurant) and ceremony after the Kew Gardens service on Nov. 11.
“Everyone is welcome to attend, and Community Centre 55 helps organize it,” said Lyons.
Branch 1/42 is located at 243 Coxwell Ave.
East Toronto residents are also reminded that members of local Royal Canadian Legion branches are now selling poppies with proceeds going to the Poppy Fund that helps veterans and their families who are in need.
Lyons said proceeds from the sale of poppies go to support a number of programs aimed at helping local veterans and their families. Some of those programs include support for veterans facing homelessness, service dogs for those dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and donations to veteran’s homes and care facilities to name but a few, she said.
