2009 marks 90th anniversary
Remembrance Day ceremonies have been planned for Langley City, Aldergrove and Fort Langley, and the occasion will be particularly special at two of these.
The ceremony in the City will be the last at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Eastleigh Crescent location. The Legion, and the cenotaph, will move to a new location on 56 Avenue next year.
Some of the largest crowds ever to assemble since ceremonies began in 2000 are expected at the Fort Langley cenotaph on Glover Road. About 2,000 people are expected and, as wreaths are placed at the cenotaph to remember Canada’s fallen soldiers, Kyle Marsh and 10 of his friends will sing Souls of The Past.
Fittingly, Marsh and his mother, Carolyn, were inspired to write the music and lyrics while attending a Remembrance Day ceremony in Fort Langley.
The young singers are all members of Langley Fine Arts School choirs.
Events in Fort Langley begin at 10:15 a.m. at the community hall where members of the public may gather with dignitaries for a short procession to the cenotaph.
The program will commence shortly after 10:30 a.m.
Langley City’s Remembrance Day ceremony begins at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of Liquidation World, on the southwest corner of Glover Road and Logan Avenue.
A parade will move towards the Legion, 20702 Eastleigh Cres., with the ceremony starting at 10:30 a.m.
In Aldergrove, a parade will lead off at 10:25 a.m. from the Fields store, 272 Street and Fraser Highway to the Aldergrove Legion, 26607 Fraser Hwy., with the service at the cenotaph beginning at 10: 45 a.m.
The services across the country mark the 90th anniversary of the first Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 1919.
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