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2024 Remembrance Day Gun Salute Firing

November 11 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am

156 Battery 5th BC Field Regiment Canadian Artillery will fire 2 x blank rounds to mark the two minutes of silence at this years Remembrance Day Ceremony.

Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day) owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance day poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War in 1919 to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. The day is marked by war remembrances in several other non-Commonwealth countries.

Details

Date:
November 11
Time:
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Event Categories:
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Organizer

Canadian Armed Forces
Email:
christopher.life@forces.gc.ca
Website:
https://forces.ca/en/units/246/

Venue

Visiting Vessel Pier
Promenade Drive
Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 6Y3 Canada
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