Recalling Remembrance Day
Poppies cover the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa on Remembrance Day. (Photo: Benoit Rochon via Wikimedia Commons.)

Recalling Remembrance Day

Every year, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the moment the clock strikes 11 a.m., Canadians pause to observe Remembrance Day. They mark two minutes of silence to honour those who have served, fought – and in far too many cases, died – protecting the country.

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