Remembrance Day ceremonies planned for this morning in the Beach, East York and Scarborough
Today is Remembrance Day, and a number of ceremonies are planned to take place in the Beach, East York and Scarborough on this morning of Wednesday, Nov. 11.
The Beach ceremony takes place at the Beach cenotaph at the north end of Kew Gardens park on Queen Street East opposite Bellefair Avenue.
The Beach ceremony begins with a parade of veterans and dignitaries along Queen Street East from Corpus Christi Church on Lockwood Road to Kew Gardens. The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m.
The ceremony at the cenotaph is expected to start at 10:45 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.
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.
The sacrifices made by Canadians during the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, peacekeeping missions and other conflicts including Afghanistan are honoured at Remembrance Day services.
Remembrance Day is observed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, as that is when the Armistice was declared to mark the end of the First World War in 1918.
