Remembrance Day, nov.11th

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Oxmach said:
Come to Ottawa, it's worth the trip. Last year was pretty cold, but the street was packed with civilians, current members of all services, standing at attention during the ceremony and many veterans. Touring the cenotaph with the tomb of the unknown soldier is quite moving, but especially at this time of year. And, yeah, big cannon fire, jet flyby, and the helicopters flying along the Ottawa river and then overhead, make it pretty memorable. Could take and extra day or two and tour the National War Museum too.
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awesome.
I'll see if I have the time to drive there. I wish it was warm, then I can ride there. No excuse
 
RockerGuy said:
Where can I see cannons this November?

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The Remembrance Day ceremony at Queen's Park has cannon fire by 7th Toronto Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
 
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RockerGuy said:
awesome.
I'll see if I have the time to drive there. I wish it was warm, then I can ride there. No excuse
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I would also love to see it. The gf used to go every year, but says the crowd is now full of school trips with kids that won't shut up to listen or show respect and people bring kids that are too young that cry the entire time. Love seeing kids there, but if it disrupts the ceremony, leave them home... Sort of like bringing a toddler to a wedding. I'm sure that bride loves hearing your kid scream during "her" day.
 
Working night shift so I wont be able to make it out to anything. Hope that those that are doing something, take pictures and post them here. Saw a nice diplay of mini Canada flags when I drove by Sunnybrook hospital for Rememberance Day.
 
There will also be a small ceremony in North York Cemetary infront of the Sherman Tank for anyone who cant make it downtown by 11am Sunday.
 
Found this for City of Toronto Services:

http://www.toronto.ca/lestweforget/remembrance-city.htm

http://www.toronto.ca/lestweforget/remembrance-community.htm

Didn't know the zoo did stuff too.

What time is the North York Cemetary one? Can't find it on line.

This was the Sunnybrook thing I saw. Looks really nice. http://sunnybrook.ca/foundation/raiseaflag/

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rafiki911 said:
Found this for City of Toronto Services:

Didn't know the zoo did stuff too.

What time is the North York Cemetary one? Can't find it on line.
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Maybe its not really for the public, The Governor General's Horseguards regiment goes to North York Cemetary for service. It will be at 11am.
 
the 48th Highlanders are usually at the north end of Queen's Park.
7 RCA usually does a (very loud) cannon salute afterwards from the south end.

It's quite moving, and impressive.
 
Went there today. Saw the cannons, very nice :)
Can someone confirm the sizes of those? I'm assuming they're not 105mm. But they were loud :D

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RockerGuy said:
Went there today. Saw the cannons, very nice :)
Can someone confirm the sizes of those? I'm assuming they're not 105mm. But they were loud :D

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at Queens Park? Last I heard, they were using 105 mm's, but a quick check of their website reveals that they're using 155mm howitzers (the M-777).
Those blanks were loud enough. Can't even imagine what a real round firing sounds like.

I managed to catch one firing:

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I used to think the howitzers were larger. U could be right.

I missed the firing though. I thought they would've fired it in the main area

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My Dad was born in 1934 in Holland, consequently, he was 6 to 10 when war hit there.
Him, my grandma, and my uncles and aunts were basically saved by Canadian soldiers (12 of them died protecting my family), and that is a huge part as to why my Dad immigrated to Canada.

This is a portion of a letter Dad wrote in a local newspaper a few years back during remembrance day:

May we never forget and may our future generations remember that the freedom we enjoy in this country was earned the hard way by young and brave soldiers who went overseas to fight the enemy.I will never forget because as a young lad I lived with fear when Hitler's army invaded my native country.
I remember when my Dad was gone to fight the invaders and he became a prisoner of war but luckily came home.
I remember when German soldiers walked into our school and classroom and they told our teacher and us kids to get out and they took over the school for sleeping quarters.
I remember how we then were educated in a farmer's barn with cattle and pigs next door.
I remember how on Sept. 21, 1944, while we were hiding in an underground bunker we were liberated and we were forced to evacuate to another village where we slept in straw on a concrete floor
I remember the barrage of heavy artillery firing and grenades falling all around us and how the soldiers came running and pulled us down onto the ground and protected us by lying on top of us and probably saved our lives. Twelve of those young soldiers were buried in our front yard.
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That was incredibly moving. Thank you for sharing.

Diesel said:
My Dad was born in 1934 in Holland, consequently, he was 6 to 10 when war hit there.
Him, my grandma, and my uncles and aunts were basically saved by Canadian soldiers (12 of them died protecting my family), and that is a huge part as to why my Dad immigrated to Canada.

This is a portion of a letter Dad wrote in a local newspaper a few years back during remembrance day:
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I think the artillery I saw was different from you Bob

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yeah, i'm no expert but that looks like the shorter barreled 105mm howitzer.
 
I got out for a ride on Remembrance Day. In one quiet spot I thought of two uncles that served in WWII. One was infantry and the oher a mechanic. They were stationed close to each other and the mechanic brother would take a Famous James motorcycle out to visit the other. I felt he was riding with me for a bit although he passed away a few years ago.
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