Remembrance Day ceremonies to take place this morning in the Beach, East York and Scarborough

Local residents are being reminded that Remembrance Day ceremonies will take place this morning (Monday, Nov. 11) in the Beach, East York and southwest Scarborough.

The Beach ceremony will take place at the Kew Gardens cenotaph on Queen Street East.

The ceremony begins with a parade of veterans from Corpus Christi Catholic Church on Lockwood Road at approximately 10:30 a.m. The parade will head east along Queen Street East from the church 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 arearesidents 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.