The Historica-Dominion Institute has launched a campaign to have Canadians 'Take Two Minutes To Remember campaign'.
It's part of the observances for Nov. 11 Remembrance Day tomorrow. Canadians will recall the sacrifices of Armed Forces personnel in two world wars, number armed conflict and peacekeeping missions around the world.
Remembrance Day programs are being scheduled on the Burin Peninsula with the Burin-Marystown service planned for Burin Cenotaph in front of the Burin Town Hall in Salmonier.
Participants are asked to line up on the Burin Cinema parking lot 10:30 a.m. to parade to the town hall.
In the event of bad weather, the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 29, plans to cancel the ceremony with the H1N1 Virus-Swine Flu preventing a move indoors.
In the Town of Grand Bank, the town will organize a Remembrance Day parade, forming at the Grand Bank Municipal Centre on Main Street at 10 a.m., with a service and wreath laying ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the War Memorial.
If the weather unsuitable, the service and wreath laying will be held in the Grand Bank United Church starting at 10 a.m.
Those wishing to place wreaths in Burin can contact Levi Jorgensen while in Grand Bank, participants can simply bring their wreaths to the ceremony.
In Fortune, Branch 25 Legion members paraded to All Saints Anglican Church along with the Ladies Auxiliary, RCSCC Sir Humphrey Gilbert Officers and Sea Cadets Sunday for a church service to begin the week's program.
Tomorrow, at 10:30 a.m. a parade from the Legion to the Fortune War Memorial for the general public will precede a remembrance service. A social will follow at the Legion. In the event of poor weather, the service will be held in the Legion.
Tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m. the annual Remembrance Day Dinner by invitation only is scheduled for the Legion.
Similar observances are held in Garnish (Nov. 8), St. Lawrence and Lawn each Nov. 11.
The Legion organizers will hold a two-minutes 'wave of silence' at each ceremony beginning 11 a.m.
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, The Historica-Dominion Institute is also inviting all Canadians - at home, at school, at work - to take two minutes to remember, two minutes to stop and think, two minutes to reflect and respect.
The Historica-Dominion Institute campaign has been sparked by the Royal Canadian Legion's Two-Minute Wave of Silence campaign developed in 1999.
The Institute noted "Remembrance Day is a day like no other in Canada. It is an occasion - once a year, every autumn - for Canadians to honour those who have served, and continue to serve, our country. It is a unique expression of solidarity for those who have those who have fought, or are fighting, for democracy and freedom."
The Historica-Dominion Institute is a national charitable organization launched Sept. 1, 2009 through the amalgamation of two existing organizations: The Historica Foundation of Canada and The Dominion Institute.
