Remembrance Day is one day of the year set aside to remember our veterans who fought for freedom and against tyranny.
One way to do that is by attending the Remembrance Day ceremony at Exhibition Park South Pavilion at 9:45 a.m. or the cenotaph ceremony at noon, Nov. 11.
Afterwards, the Legion will be open at 1 p.m. and feature the music of Silk and Steel.
The Galt Museum also has a special Remembrance Day exhibit featuring the works of 37 LCI students and six teachers who commemorate D-Day at Juno Beach, June 6, 1944 which was a major turning point in the Second World War as allied troops, including 14,000 Canadians along with British and American troops landed on the coast of Normandy to take back Europe from the Nazis.
The works include albums, drawings, posters and shadow boxes honouring the lives of Canadian soldiers. The exhibit is the culmination of a year long project by the students, each of whom received the name and service record of one of the Southern Albertan Canadian soldiers who died during Operation Overlord, researched their lives and deaths and created memorials for them.Juno Beach cost 340 Canadian lives and left another 540 injured.“ With a teacher’s guidance, students were invited to choose a soldier from a list of people from this area. These particular soldiers were involved with D-Day. They were asked to do some research so they were able to find out first hand what happened to a young man,” said curator Wendy Aitkens.
“We hear the numbers talk about the strategy of days like that. Students were able to ‘meet’ one of these individuals who were there and who died, she continued adding they tried to interview family members and where they could they did interview them. She said she hopes some of the family members will see the exhibit and get in touch with the students. There are 10 pieces to the exhibit including posters, poetry and albums designed to honour these young men.