Remembrance Day

The Clayton Heights Library and Learning Commons is observing Remembrance Day. Book displays commemorate and reflect on the service and sacrifice of our Canadian veterans. Come in and learn more. Lest we forget.

Community observances on November 11, 2014:

Cloverdale Remembrance Day Service
Museum Square
17710 - 56A Avenue

Please join us at the Cenotaph for our Rembrance Day service.

Ceremonies begin at 10:15 AM, and we will observe two minute's silence at 11:00 AM.

Following the service, the Legion Colour Party will lead the parade back to the Legion branch, where there will be refreshments, entertainment, and fellowship.

For more information see the Legion website at www.cloverdale.bc.ca/legion 

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Surrey Remembers at the Surrey Museum and Surrey Archives 

Bring your family to take part in the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cloverdale Cenotaph next door to the Surrey Museum and the Surrey Archives. 

After the ceremony, join us in the Museum to warm up and enjoy activities: 

• Children can make “peaceful crafts,” such as tissue paper poppies and thankful artwork, to commemorate the day.
• Write thank you notes on postcards that will be delivered to Lower Mainland veterans and their families.
• View WWII documentary videos in the Museum’s theatre.
• Enjoy tunes from the Hazelmere Heritage Fiddlers. 
• Watch demonstrations of weaving and spinning in the Textile Studio. See a heritage loom used to rehabilitate veterans and try your hand at weaving on the Museum’s table loom.
• Warm up with hot chocolate and cookies. 
• Attend a presentation of "BC's Home Front" with local author Sylvia Crooks.
  BC’s Home FrontAfter the Remembrance Day ceremonies in the Museum’s plaza, explore how World War I and II affected life in small town British Columbia with this visual presentation by local author Sylvia Crooks. Call 604-592-6956 to pre-register.
  1 session, by donation (16+yrs)
  Tuesday, November 11
  12noon-1:00pm
  Registration #4373370
  
  

Join us in the Archives across the plaza for these activities:

• View wartime documents in our Reference Room.
• Warm up with coffee and tea in the Multi-Purpose Room.  

All Ages
Drop in, Admission by donation

Location: Surrey Museum, 17710 - 56A Avenue

Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Contact: 604-592-6956

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Aldergrove: Members of the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Aldergrove will be marching from the Salvation Army Thrift Store at 3111 272 St. to the Legion hall at 26607 Fraser Hwy. The marchers will form up at 10 a.m. at the Thrift Store for the brief march, which will conclude with outdoor ceremonies at the cenotaph in front of the Legion hall.

Langley City: The Langley City Legion branch will host its parade and ceremony at the new cenotaph in Douglas Park. The parade will muster at the Legion branch, 206th Street south of 56th Avenue, and will proceed south and then west to the cenotaph at 20550 Douglas Cres. The parade begins at 10:25 a.m. and the ceremony will start promptly at 11 a.m.

Fort Langley: The service at the Fort Langley Cenotaph will include a procession following a new route this year. The procession will begin at the west end of the cemetery, near the intersection of St. Andrew’s and Nash Streets, and will make its way toward the cenotaph following the gravel and grassy roads inside the cemetery. The procession begins at 10:25 a.m. and the service starts at 10:40 a.m. A flypast of the Fraser Blues team will occur at around 11 a.m.

Murrayville: There is a Cenotaph in the Murrayville Cemetery at 21405 44 Ave. While no official ceremonies are typically planned, individuals often gather to quietly observe a moment of silence at 11 a.m.