Remembrance Day sunrise service returns to Peterborough’s Little Lake Cemetery for a third year

Everyone is welcome to attend the service at the cemetery's war memorial at 7:30 a.m. on November 11

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For the third straight year, Peterborough's Little Lake Cemetery is hosting a public sunrise service on Remembrance Day. (Photo courtesy of Little Lake Cemetery Co.)
For the third straight year, Peterborough's Little Lake Cemetery is hosting a public sunrise service on Remembrance Day. (Photo courtesy of Little Lake Cemetery Co.)

For the third year in a row, Peterborough’s Little Lake Cemetery is hosting a public sunrise service on Remembrance Day.

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The service will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Monday (November 11) at the war memorial in the veterans’ section of Little Lake Cemetery, located at 915 Haggart Street.

“With Remembrance Day falling on a Monday, many people are not able to attend the traditional service at 11 a.m. so this is another opportunity to formally pay your respects,” says Little Lake Cemetery Co. CEO James Belk in a media release.

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The sunrise service will again be officiated by Regimental Chaplain Nancy Wilson of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, and will include playing of “The Last Post” followed by two minutes of silence.

Staff will be at the main gates of Little Lake Cemetery to direct attendees to the service.

Little Lake Cemetery and Highland Park Funeral Centre are also continuing to work with various area schools in association with the No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation, which focuses on educating youth in Canada about Canadian veterans. Local students have been placing Canadian flags at individual veteran’s graves in the days prior to Remembrance Day.

The war memorial in Peterborough's Little Lake Cemetery. In advance of Remembrance Day, local students have been placing Canadian flags at individual veteran's graves at the cemetery in association with the No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Little Lake Cemetery Co.)
The war memorial in Peterborough’s Little Lake Cemetery. In advance of Remembrance Day, local students have been placing Canadian flags at individual veteran’s graves at the cemetery in association with the No Stone Left Alone Memorial Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Little Lake Cemetery Co.)

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