There are several Remembrance Day services planned around the region. Here is the list:
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 50 – Fred Gies, Kitchener.
Sunday, November 11/12
Remembrance Day Parade
Time: 10:30am
Remembrance Day Parade,starts at 10:30am.
The Parade will start from Young St.along King St. to Fredrick St.then to The Cenotaph.
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Royal Canadian Legion, Waterloo Branch 530.
Sunday, November 11/12
Parade and Cenotaph Service. The parade forms up at the Legion at 9:45, parading to the Cenotaph for a 10:15 Service. Afterwards, join us at the Legion for Comradeship.
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Royal Canadian Legion, Hespeler Branch 272.
Sunday, November 11/12
Cenotaph Service November 11th Form up 10:15a.m. Service 10:30 am.
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Royal Canadian Legion, Galt Branch 121.
Sunday, November 11/12
Form up for the parade 9:45, head down 10:10, cenotaph service at Queen’s Square for 10:30 a.m.
March back for entertainment at the legion.
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Royal Canadian Legion, Preston Branch 126
Sunday, November 11/12
Muster at the Legion at 10:00 for the parade to the cenotaph. The parade starts at the legion at 10:30.
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Royal Canadian Legion, New Hamburg Branch 532
Meet at cenotaph at 1:30. Parade from cenotaph to New Hamburg Community Centre.
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Canada’s military sacrifices span conflicts from South Africa to Afghanistan.
Some facts about Canadian military casualties and conflicts.
-South Africa War (1899-1902): About 7,000 served; almost 300 killed.
-First World War (1914-1918): About 650,000 served; more than 68,000 died.
-Second World War (1939-1945): More than one million served; over 47,000 killed.
-Korean War (1950-1953): 26,791 soldiers served; 516 died.
-Afghanistan (2002-2011): 158 died over course of nine-year mission.
Sources:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Department of National Defence
Note: Statistics include tallies from Newfoundland and Labrador, even though the province did not join the Canadian Confederation until 1949.
Remembrance Day services around Waterloo Region
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