Crowds gather in New Brunswick for Remembrance Day ceremonies
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Gun salutes could be heard splitting the air in many other communities, including in Fredericton, where people gathered at New Brunswick's provincial cenotaph to honour the fallen.
Thousands of people honoured the country’s war dead during Remembrance Day ceremonies held on Friday in towns and cities across Atlantic Canada.
Gun salutes could be heard splitting the air in many other communities, including in Fredericton, where people gathered at New Brunswick’s provincial cenotaph to honour the fallen.
Seven-year-old Caelin Milley rocked on his tippy toes as he waited in anticipation of shaking the hand of Angus Hamilton, a 100-year-old veteran who served in Southeast Asia with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
“He’s been waiting patiently to meet you,” Caelin’s mother, Heather, told Hamilton.
“It’s an honour to meet you,” she said. “Thank you for your service.”
Hamilton smiled and extended his hand to the little boy.
“Thank you,” Caelin said, looking at the vet.
Hamilton, who served as a radar technician, said he spent most of his time at war in Kolkata, India, which was the main logistics base for the war theatre in Burma, now called Myanmar.