For the fourth straight year, the not-for-profit group behind Little Lake Cemetery and Highland Park Funeral Centre in Peterborough is hosting a public sunrise service on Remembrance Day.
The service will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday (November 11) at the war memorial in the veterans section of Little Lake Cemetery, located at 915 Haggart Street. The service is open to anyone who would like to attend.
“It’s important to honour our veterans who have fought for the freedoms we have today,” says Opus Tribute Group CEO James Belk in a media release.
“Little Lake and Highland Park staff wanted to give our community another opportunity to honour those veterans. As schedules don’t always allow for people to pay tribute at the Cenotaph at 11 a.m., this provides an alternative for those to do that before work or school.”
Past ceremonies have been officiated by Regimental Chaplain Nancy Wilson of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment and included playing of “The Last Post” followed by two minutes of silence.
Staff will be at the main gates of Little Lake Cemetery on Tuesday morning 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.
