Most Remembrance Day services focus on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Prospect Cemetery’s ceremony marches to its own drummer, proud of a special history. Remembering at sunrise began in 1928, soon after the 1918 Armistice. Toronto Ladies’ Auxiliaries left poppies on soldiers’ graves in […]
Remembrance Day
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In 1938, the Toronto Star ran a photo of the previous year’s Armistice Day at Toronto City Hall. The caption said of the gathered crowd: To most of them the Great War is an impersonal memory; evoked in silence on Armistice Day when the nation pauses to honour the fallen; […]
“To represent powerful women on the field.” Ayesha Hossain, student at George Webster school, explains her prize-winning poster. Ayesha’s artwork honours all women who served in military conflicts—but particularly nursing sisters of the Great War—with a special nod to one who died on active service. The text to the right […]
Thank you Veterans of Canada -sidewalk message in front of Old City Hall cenotaph Toronto District School Board joined the many groups laying wreaths at Old City Hall’s cenotaph ceremony this November 11th. Hours after the crowd had gone, people lingered to “plant” their poppies, take photographs, and read the […]
The year 2014 began with the promise of much remembering. One hundred years since the outbreak of the Great War; 70 years since D-day in the Second World War. Princess Anne would re-dedicate Canada’s national war memorial in Ottawa, 75 years after her grandfather, King George VI, first unveiled it […]
Every day is Remembrance Day when working with war memorials, but as November 11 rolls around each year, the “For King and Country” team aims for an extra push. Toronto Branch is pleased to add 3,026 names (from 10 schools) to our database in time for this year’s Lest We […]