The ceremony, which was the first in-person Remembrance Day Ceremony since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 saw hundreds of people attending to their respects.
The ceremony began at the London Delta Armouries as the parade preceding the ceremony got into position.
Some of those who took part in the ceremony included the London Police Service, the London Fire Department, the Middlesex-London EMS, the Royal Canadian Legion, the Canadian Army Veterans, and other local veterans and their friends and families.
The parade then made its way to London’s Cenotaph in Victoria Park starting at 10:30 am where the rest of the ceremony continued.
The ceremony went on till 11:30 am and also featured a two-minute moment of silence, remarks from speakers at the ceremony, and renditions of ‘In Flanders Fields’ and ‘ God save The King’.
Also in attendance was NDP Party Leady Jagmeet Singh, along with his wife and new daughter, which was her first Remembrance Day Ceremony.
Singh said that he was thankful for the good weather that day and that the rain predicted earlier that day had held out until the ceremony had finished.
“I was particularly worried about that because I had my little one with me and my daughter with me. So we were very lucky with the weather because it held out and it’s rather pleasant, and the rain didn’t start till even now it’s not that bad but started after the event was the first Remembrance Day event.”
said Singh also talking about his reasoning behind attending London’s ceremony due to his close ties with the city, as he attended the University of Western Ontario in 2001 and in 2005, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in biology.
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