Remembrance Day, 'Lest We Forget' tributes mark November 11

Communities marked Remembrance Day on 11 November with Armistice Day services, wreath‑laying and one‑minute silences at 11 a.m., the annual observance held on that date since the end of the First World War. Canadians laid wreaths and attended local ceremonies, with the ForeverCanadian team reporting a large turnout at the St. Albert Remembrance Day ceremony. People honoured veterans and fallen service members through personal remembrances, including posts about a mother who served in the WRAF and a woman who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division in 1943 and whose lapel pins were worn in her memory. Traditional symbols appeared widely, including crimson poppies and references to the phrase Lest We Forget, and some tributes used art and poetry such as a quoted passage from Dylan Thomas. Nature and photography accounts observed the day by featuring red‑plumaged birds as visual tributes. Services and public remembrances stressed gratitude for sacrifices, acknowledgement of families affected by loss, and continued annual observance each 11 November with the two-minute or one-minute silence at 11 a.m.