Please take a moment to honour the men and women who fought for our freedom on Remembrance Day.
Bronte ceremony
November 10, 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. — Parade of veterans starts at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 486 at 76 Jones Street and proceeds via Lakeshore Road, and ends at the Bronte Cenotaph.
11 a.m.— Ceremony at Bronte Cenotaph. Parade will march back to the Bronte Legion where refreshments will be served.
George's Square ceremony
November 11, 10:30 a.m.
Parade of veterans starts at Centennial Square, intersection of Church and Navy streets, and ends at George's Square, on Trafalgar Road between Summer and Palmer avenues.
Hosted by Oakville Legion Branch 114
10:30 a.m. — Veterans (followed by members of the Armed Forces, RCMP, OPP, Halton Police, Oakville Firefighters, Knights of Columbus, Cadets, Scouts and Guides, and local dignitaries) depart from Church and Navy streets and march along Lakeshore Road and up Trafalgar Road to the Cenotaph at George's Square.
11 a.m. — Ceremony at George's Square includes two minutes of silence and a wreath laying ceremony. After the ceremony, veterans march back to Church and Navy streets.
Sunset Vigil
The news is spread far and wide
Another comrade has sadly died
A sunset vigil upon the sand
As a soldier leaves this foreign land
We stand alone, and yet as one
In the fading light of a setting sun
We’ve all gathered to say goodbye
To our fallen comrade who’s set to fly
The eulogy’s read about their life
Sometimes with words from pals or wife
We all know when the CO’s done
What kind of soldier they’d become
The padre then calls us all to pray
The bugler has Last Post to play
The cannon roars and belches flame
We will recall, with pride, their name
A minute’s silence stood in place
As tears roll down the hardest face
deafening silence fills the air
With each of us in personal prayer
Reveille sounds and the parade is done
The hero remembered, forgotten by none
They leave to start the journey back
In a coffin draped in the Union Jack
Sgt Andy McFarlane, 2009.