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Remembrance Day: A time to honour and remember Canada's war dead
- From big cities to small villages, Canadians of all ages gather today amid the mournful skirl of bagpipes and tears to honour the country's war dead.
Ottawa will be home to the most elaborate Remembrance Day ceremony, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor-General David Johnston will lay wreaths at the National War Memorial.
One ceremony was held early today at Kandahar Airfield — the first such service there since the end of Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay read aloud the names of the Canadian casualties as poppies were placed on each black marble plaque on the cenotaph. Flags were lowered and wreaths were laid in honour of the 158 Canadian military personnel who died during the Afghan mission.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYh4US7lwJ8]Brothers in Arms[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty0vUYduxAc]D-Day Canadians[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l6KhHROT_s]Canadians Liberate Holland[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1H-t24uy4Q]Canada In The Netherlands[/ame]
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