在 11 月 11 日的第 11 个小时，加拿大人和世界各地的其他人将停下脚步，庄严地缅怀他们两分钟。有些人将聚集在一起举行仪式，有些人将聚集在学校体育馆，还有些人将只是暂停他们正在做的事情，但我们将一起缅怀他们。

#CanadaRemembers

一年四季，尤其是在 11 月，加拿大人都会缅怀那些为国捐躯的男男女女。在11 月 11 日纪念日这一天，我们会做一些特别的事情来表达我们对他们的支持和感激之情。我们默哀两分钟，佩戴罂粟花，参加纪念仪式。

More recently you may have noticed an increase in Remembrance Day hashtags like #CanadaRemembers, #LestWeForget and simply #RemembranceDay. Adding poppies to profile pictures, using hashtags and sharing social posts remembering the war dead are all ways people will commemorate this solemn day online.

为什么要佩戴罂粟花？

11 月期间，许多加拿大人都会佩戴罂粟花或在社交媒体上添加罂粟花。但这一传统是如何开始的？罂粟花代表什么？

Veterans Affairs Canada explains and you can read more here.
“Following the First World War a French woman, Madame E. Guérin, suggested to British Field-Marshall Earl Haig that women and children in devastated areas of France could produce poppies for sale to support wounded Veterans. The first of these poppies were distributed in Canada in November of 1921, and the tradition has continued ever since, both here and in many parts of the world.
Poppies are worn as the symbol of remembrance, a reminder of the blood-red flower that still grows on the former battlefields of France and Belgium.”
 

在弗兰德的田野上

在 1915 年春天的伊普尔战役中，一名在加拿大皇家陆军医疗队服役的医生约翰-麦克雷中校写道："罂粟花生长在阵亡士兵的坟墓中。

"在佛兰德斯的田野上，罂粟花迎风招展

十字架之间，一排一排、

在天空中

云雀仍在勇敢地歌唱

在下面的枪炮声中，几乎听不到任何声音。

我们是死者：短短几天前、

我们生活在这里，感受黎明，目睹日落、

爱过，也被爱过：现在我们躺着

在佛兰德斯战场

与敌人争吵

我们将失败的双手献给你

火炬：由你高举

如果你们对死去的我们背信弃义

尽管罂粟花在生长，但我们不会沉睡

在佛兰德斯战场"

约翰-麦克雷中校

2018 Remembrance Day Services in the Niagara Region

However you choose to remember, it’s important for all Canadians to take time during Veterans Week and on Remembrance Day to stop and show our support.  If you’re in the Niagara Region this November 11th and looking for a Remembrance Day service we’ve compiled a list here of ceremonies you could attend.

Fort Erie

• Sunday, November 4th at 2:00 p.m. at Stevensville Memorial Hall, 2508 Stevensville Rd., Fort Erie.
• Sunday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. at the cenotaph located near the intersection of Farr Avenue and Gorham Road, Ridgeway.
• Sunday, November 11th at 2:00 p.m. at Mather Arch Park, Mather Circle, Fort Erie.

 

Grimsby

• Sunday, November 11th at 10:30 a.m. at the cenotaph at the Grimsby Museum, 6 Murray St., Grimsby.

 

Lincoln

• Friday, November 9th at 10:30 a.m. at the cenotaph at the Lion’s Club, 2769 Fourth Ave., Jordan.
• Sunday, November 11th at 10:30 a.m. at the cenotaph located near the intersection of King Street and William Street, Beamsville.
• Sunday, November 11th at 2:00 p.m. at Albright Manor, 5050 Hillside Dr., Beamsville.

 

尼亚加拉湖畔

• Sunday, November 11th at 10:45 a.m. at the clock tower cenotaph in Old Town on Queen Street between Regent Street and King Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake.
• Sunday, November 11th at 12:45 p.m. at the cenotaph located near the intersection of Niagara Parkway and Queenston Street, Queenston.

尼亚加拉大瀑布

• Sunday, November 4th at 1:00 p.m. at Chippawa Willoughby Memorial Arena, 9000 Sodom Rd., Niagara Falls.
• Sunday, November 11th at 10:45 a.m. at the Gale Centre, 5152 Thorold Stone Rd., Niagara Falls.

Pelham

• Sunday, November 4th at 8:00 a.m. at the cenotaph in Centennial Park, 999 Church St., Fenwick.
• Sunday, November 4th at 9:00 a.m. at the cenotaph at Old Pelham Town Hall, 491 Canboro Rd. W., Ridgeville.
• Sunday, November 4th at 12:30 p.m. at the cenotaph in Peace Park, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill.
• Sunday, November 11th at 10:45 a.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 613, 141 Hwy. 20 E., Fonthill.

 

Port Colborne

• Sunday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. at H.H. Knoll Lakeview Park, at the intersection of Sugar Loaf Street and Elm Street, Port Colborne.
• Sunday, November 11thas the sun sets (about 5:45 p.m.) A Bells of Peace commemoration will also take place at King George Park, 56 Clarence St., Port Colborne.

St. Catharines

• Sunday, November 4th at 9:30 a.m., veterans will parade from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 418 at 292-296 Vine St. to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church at 5 Oblate St.
• Sunday, November 4th at 10:30 am, members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 350 at 57 Lakeport Rd. will parade to the cenotaph on Ann Street.
• Sunday, November 11th at 10:15 a.m., Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24 veterans will parade from City Hall, 50 Church St., to the cenotaph at Memorial Park on St. Paul Street West.
• Sunday, November 11th at 10:45 am, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 138 members will parade from 2 Chestnut St. E. to the cenotaph at 343 Merritt St.
• Sunday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. at Imperial Veterans Association, 15 George St.

Thorold

• Sunday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Park, located near the intersection of Albert Street East and Chapel Street North, Thorold.

 

Wainfleet

• Sunday, November 11th at 10:45 a.m. at the Township of West Lincoln, 31940 Hwy. 3.

Welland

• Sunday, November 11th at 10:45 a.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 4 at 383 Morningstar Ave., Welland.
• Sunday, November 11th at 10:30 a.m. at the cenotaph in Chippewa Park, 128 Fitch St., Welland.

West Lincoln

• Sunday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 393, 172 St. Catharines St., Smithville.

 

And for those visiting Niagara Falls make sure to stop at the war memorial at the base of Clifton Hill,  between Falls Avenue and Niagara Parkway.