Remembrance Day
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:06 pm
From the City of Vancouver website...
(if you're planning to go and don't have a poppy yet, mr. pinkfreud's scout troop will be handing them out above Victory Square on Pender St.)
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November 9, 2005
Remembrance Day Ceremonies
The City of Vancouver's 2005 Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held on:
Friday, November 11, 2005 at 10:30 a.m.
Cenotaph at Victory Square
(West Hastings Street, between Cambie and Hamilton)
These ceremonies, which include a wreath laying to honour those who gave their lives, will mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Year of the Veteran, and the 87th anniversary of the First World War Armistice.
The prelude at the Cenotaph will begin at 10:10 a.m. with a performance by the Vancouver Bach Youth Choir. The official program begins at 10:30 a.m., followed by two minutes of silence at 11 a.m., and the placing of wreaths at the Cenotaph. A parade of veterans, ex-service personnel and the Canadian Armed Forces will then move west on Hastings Street and march past the saluting base at Seymour and Hastings, where the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, the Hon. Iona Campagnolo, will take the salute. She will be joined by the Premier of B.C., Gordon Campbell, and Mayor Larry Campbell of Vancouver.
Weather permitting there will be a commemorative fly-past at 11 a.m. by an Aurora aircraft of 422 Maritime Patrol Squadron, and small aircraft of the Recreational Aircraft Association and Western Warbirds.
Complete program details are available online at: vancouver.ca/whatsnew.cfm
There are also simultaneous Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place at several Vancouver parks, including Stanley Park's Japanese Memorial (west of Aquarium), Memorial Park South, and Grandview Park Cenotaph.
TRAFFIC ADVISORY:
Sections of streets near Victory Square will be closed from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. This includes Pender, Cambie, Beatty, Georgia and Hamilton. Hastings will be closed from Cambie west to Seymour. There will also be small parades proceeding from John Oliver High School to Memorial Park, and along Commercial Drive from Napier Street to 6th Avenue.
(if you're planning to go and don't have a poppy yet, mr. pinkfreud's scout troop will be handing them out above Victory Square on Pender St.)
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November 9, 2005
Remembrance Day Ceremonies
The City of Vancouver's 2005 Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held on:
Friday, November 11, 2005 at 10:30 a.m.
Cenotaph at Victory Square
(West Hastings Street, between Cambie and Hamilton)
These ceremonies, which include a wreath laying to honour those who gave their lives, will mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the Year of the Veteran, and the 87th anniversary of the First World War Armistice.
The prelude at the Cenotaph will begin at 10:10 a.m. with a performance by the Vancouver Bach Youth Choir. The official program begins at 10:30 a.m., followed by two minutes of silence at 11 a.m., and the placing of wreaths at the Cenotaph. A parade of veterans, ex-service personnel and the Canadian Armed Forces will then move west on Hastings Street and march past the saluting base at Seymour and Hastings, where the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, the Hon. Iona Campagnolo, will take the salute. She will be joined by the Premier of B.C., Gordon Campbell, and Mayor Larry Campbell of Vancouver.
Weather permitting there will be a commemorative fly-past at 11 a.m. by an Aurora aircraft of 422 Maritime Patrol Squadron, and small aircraft of the Recreational Aircraft Association and Western Warbirds.
Complete program details are available online at: vancouver.ca/whatsnew.cfm
There are also simultaneous Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place at several Vancouver parks, including Stanley Park's Japanese Memorial (west of Aquarium), Memorial Park South, and Grandview Park Cenotaph.
TRAFFIC ADVISORY:
Sections of streets near Victory Square will be closed from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. This includes Pender, Cambie, Beatty, Georgia and Hamilton. Hastings will be closed from Cambie west to Seymour. There will also be small parades proceeding from John Oliver High School to Memorial Park, and along Commercial Drive from Napier Street to 6th Avenue.