Calgary to mark Remembrance Day with ceremonies across city

This Remembrance Day marks the 100th anniversary of the 1918 armistice, which ended the First World War. The day will be commemorated with various events across the city.

Among the numerous ceremonies will be an event at the Field of Crosses Memorial Project, which this year will include a 21-gun salute conducted by 20th Independent Field Battery, RCA from Lethbridge. The ceremony will start at 10:15 a.m. and will also feature musical performances and the laying of wreaths.

Sections of Memorial Drive will be shut down from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for a brigade parade, featuring more than 300 soldiers representing 41 Canadian Brigade Group units from across the province, along with sailors from HMCS Tecumseh and soldiers from British Army Training Unit Suffield. It will start at 10 a.m. and arrive at the McDougall Centre by 10:40 a.m.

Battalion Park

This service, hosted by the King ’s Own Calgary Regiment, will begin at 10 a.m.

Calgary Highlanders Parade

One of Calgary’s reserve regiments will march on Central Memorial Park as part of an annual ceremony near the Cenotaph.

Starting at 10 a.m., members of the Highlanders will march along 4th Street S.W, between 12th and 13th avenues, and a ceremony will follow the parade. Calgary International Airport

Remembrance Day at the airport will begin at 10:45 a.m., featuring the Calgary International Pipe Band and Honour Guard.

Fort Calgary

The RCMP Veterans’ Association of Calgary is hosting this commemorative ceremony, which will feature bagpipes, readings and choral singers. Doors open at 10 a.m. and the ceremony is at 10:30 a.m., followed by an artisans fair.

The Hangar Flight Museum

This year’s service at the museum will be attended by retired flight lieutenant Jack Hilton, 99, who flew Hawker Typhoon aircraft with both the Canadian and British air forces during the Second World War. Hilton will lay a wreath at the service.

Jubilee Auditorium

An annual wreath-laying ceremony will feature politicians, veterans, and military and community organizations honouring Canada’s veterans. Calgarians are encouraged to lay a private wreath.

Tickets are free, but they are also limited. Contact 403-991-3219 for more information.

The Kensington Legion

Doors at the Royal Canadian Legion’s North Calgary Branch No. 264 will open at 9:30 a.m., and the legion’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony gets underway at 10:40 a.m.