St. Catharines holds annual parade, ceremony for Remembrance Day

People gathered for St. Catharines’ annual Remembrance Day salute which included a parade from City Hall to Memorial park, down Church, Ontario and St. Paul streets.

The parade came after a wreath laying ceremony at 10 a.m. at City Hall, and was followed by a service at the Memorial Park Cenotaph, led by Legion Branch 24.

The event attracted visitors from as far away as the east coast.

“I’m actually down here helping my sister-in-law, we’re from Nova Scotia, but we’re down here helping my sister-in-law with her basement that got flooded,” says Keith Mitchell, a retired Chief Warrant Officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force. “It’s Remembrance Day, so no matter where I go, I always attend a Remembrance Day ceremony.”

There was another Remembrance Day ceremony in St. Catharines Wednesday, at Legion Branch 138 Merritton.

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