Throughout the month of November, thousands of students in Edmonton used their spare time to place poppies on the gravestones of Canadian men and women who have lost their lives in the service of this country.

At Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, solar-powered lights illuminated the graves of more than 400 veterans, each with a small Canadian flag placed in the ground beside it.

In Montreal, thousands will line the streets for the annual joint parade of veterans, military units and police forces. In Halifax, the city’s iconic Citadel will be bathed in dramatic red lighting at nightfall.

And in Ottawa, dignitaries will gather at the National War Memorial to lay wreaths and observe the traditional two minutes of silence at 11:00 a.m.

On November 11, in large and small communities across the land, Canadians proudly don their poppies and take part in similar Remembrance Day events. At each one, we publicly express our gratitude and honour the 118,000 men and women who gave their lives in the line of duty, as well as those who returned home with physical and mental scars.

Zoomer marks this enduring tradition by reaching into its archives to revisit the stories of Canada’s finest – their triumphs and tragedies, their courage and sacrifice, and the indomitable spirit that carried them through.

– FROM THE ARCHIVES –

I Was There: Canadian D-Day Veterans Recount the Triumph and Terror on Juno Beach

 

 

D-Day: Decades After His Father Endured a Nazi Attack, a Canadian Man Visited France to Retrieve Remnants of His Harrowing Survival

 

 

From the Queen Mother to Everyday Canadians, Honouring the Fortitude of Women in Wartime

 

 

Remembering Four Canadians Whose Grit and Determination Helped Ensure an Allied Victory in The Battle of Britain

 

 

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Award-Winning Historian Ted Barris Uncovers the Truth About His Father’s War Experience

 

 

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Lest We Forget: Each Year, Three Canadian Medics Who Served in Afghanistan Take Stock of Their War