A sombre service to commemorate the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the name of Canada was held this morning at Victory Square in downtown Vancouver.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Victory Square Cenotaph, when it was constructed in 1924 as a monument to remember the soldiers who fought and died in World War I.
Despite the threatening weather, thousands converged on the streets to honour Canadian veterans with poems, prayer, music, and a parade. The silence was broken with the stirring notes of the Last Post and Rouse as a lone CP-140 Aurora patrol aircraft soared above.
In attendance was Percival Smith, a World War II veteran who served in the Merchant Marine; the last of his generation who gave so much in the name of freedom.
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