Approximately 200 citizens turned out to stand in the snow and take in the Summerland Remembrance Day ceremony at Memorial Park on Nov. 11.
A Summerland high school student sang O Canada and another read In Flanders Field. The names of Summerland soldiers who died in the First and Second World Wars were read before the The Last Post was played by a local trumpeter.
The Summerland Pipe Band played the colour parade in and marched them out.
Local retired RCMP Roch Fortin was among the regiment in red serge. Dozens of wreaths were laid at the cenotaph and veterans, family members and the crowd observed the moment of silence. There was also a fly by.
Summerland cadets, minor hockey, scouts and cubs were present and part of the march into the cenotaph.
Remembrance Day was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth. It was originally called “Armistice Day” to commemorate the armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.— the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
The ceremony was followed by a well-attended lunch at the Legion.
Sadly, all the donations of the day, including poppy donations, were stolen from the Legion that night. The thieves also broke into the ATM, damaged other equipment and smashed doors.
The Legion’s chef is hosting a bun and soup event, by donation, Sunday, Nov. 13 starting at 3:30 p.m., to try to replace more than $900, funds that would have gone to veteran programs.
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