Remembrance Day, Kitimat, BC, November 11, 2015

Robin Rowland 

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A new plaque at the Kitimat cenotaph commemorates service in Afghanistan, see on Remembrance Day, November 11, 2015. (Robin Rowland)

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A member of the Royal Canadian Legion distributes poppies and programs before the Remembrance Day Service. (Robin Rowland)

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Before the “Guardians of Remembrance” service, someone left three red roses on the cenotaph. (Robin Rowland)

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A small boy wears an RCMP uniform at the service. (Robin Rowland)

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police lead the parade to the cenotaph. (Robin Rowland)

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Army Cadets and Girl Guides were also part of the parade. (Robin Rowland)

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Bugler Derrick Stoigny sounds the Last Post, as Marg Bogaert of the Legion salutes and Mayor Phil Germuth bows his head. (Robin Rowland)

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Across the country on its one hundredth anniversary, John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields was recited or sung. In Kitimat it was the Sine Nomine choir. (Robin Rowland)

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One of the singers from Sine Nomine. (Robin Rowland)

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A former peacekeeper lays the wreath on behalf of the Canadian Forces. (Robin Rowland)

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Mayor Phil Germuth prepares to lay a wreath on behalf of the District of Kitimat. (Robin Rowland)

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The Winterhawks hockey team witnessed the 2015 Remembrance Day service. (Robin Rowland)

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Marg Bogaert salutes during the playing of “God Save the Queen,” as the 2015 Remembrance Service comes to an end. (Robin Rowland)

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