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Bowen observes Remembrance Day ALEX KURIAL Editor
A SOLEMN MEMORIAL The Snug Cove Cenotaph is the site of Bowen’s Remembrance Day ceremony each year, and always sees a large crowd of Islanders who come to pay their respects. You’ll find photos from this year’s ceremony throughout the paper this week. / Alex Kurial photo
Following a night of intense downpour the skies cleared for Bowen’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday. The annual November 11 gathering at the Snug Cove Cenotaph was, as usual, attended by hundreds. The strong turnout would have been the result rain or not, given the island’s longstanding history of support for recognizing the day and veterans from Bowen and beyond. The ceremony was led by Rev. Lorraine Ashdown and included many Remembrance Day traditions including readings of In Flanders Fields by Graham Ritchie, High Flight by Davin Killy, and Poppies for Remembrance by Madison Ralph. Songs from Lynn Williams and the Bowen Island Community Choir accompanied the morning event, along with a playing of The Last Post by Duncan Shaw on trumpet. A Colour Guard procession opened and concluded the ceremony. Many attendees chose to give their Poppies a home among the Wreaths placed on the Cenotaph before departing. Events later in the day included visiting the Remembrance Day exhibit at the Museum & Archives, and the traditional Remembrance Day Lunch at Bowen Island’s Legion, Branch 150.
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