Golden residents will gather at the cenotaph Wednesday to mark Remembrance Day, with a ceremony hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 122.
Marchers will fall in at the Golden fire hall at 10:35 a.m. The parade, led by pipers, moves off for the cenotaph at 10:40 a.m.
The service begins at 10:55 a.m. with O Canada, performed by the GSS band, and two minutes of silence will be observed at 11 a.m.
Mayor Kristi Cooper will deliver a message. Wreaths will be laid by representatives of groups including the Canadian Armed Forces, the RCMP, the Golden Fire Department, Afghanistan veterans, Métis and Indigenous veterans and the 3066 Lord Strathcona’s Horse Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps.
After the ceremony, the public is invited to a gathering at the Legion, on the second floor of the curling rink at 1412 9th St. S.
The season of remembrance began in Golden late last month, when Branch 122 president Ed Coon presented the first poppy to then-mayor Ron Oszust at the cenotaph.
The branch, chartered in 1931, now leases lounge and kitchen space in the Golden and District Curling Club building. It sold its former building in 2021.
Canadians who can’t attend a ceremony are encouraged to wear a poppy and observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11.
