Playing of The Last Post. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
CORNWALL – A crisp, sunny Saturday with a light wind was the backdrop for hundreds of people at a Remembrance Day ceremony in the city.
The ceremony opened with a march of the colour guard down Second Street West, into Legion Memorial Park, before the playing of The Last Post followed by a moment of silence.
During the moment of silence, all that could be heard was the bubbling of the fountain, which was operating during a Nov. 11 ceremony for the first time in recent memory.
Father Kevin Maloney held the prayer before various dignitaries, businesses and families of veterans, present and past, laid wreaths at the foot of the cenotaph.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 297 Second Vice President Ron Racine said he hadn’t been master of ceremonies for a few years but was amazed at the size of the crowd around Second Street West and Bedford Street.
While thanking the public for donations to the local poppy campaign, Legion President Linda Fisher said the community has three homeless veterans and they would be doing whatever they can to help them.
The ceremony was around 45 minutes, which was followed by some members of the public coming forward to place their poppies at the foot of the cenotaph.
Click on an image below to open a slideshow of photos from the Remembrance Day ceremony.
The colour guard marches out of Legion Memorial Park. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Legion Branch 297 Second Vice President Ron Racine. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
A cadet lays a wreath as a representative of the Silver Cross Mothers looks on. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Members of the colour guard. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Stormont band. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 297 President Linda Fisher stands at the cenotaph while a cadet salutes following the laying of an RCL wreath. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
An RCMP officer stands by the cenotaph. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Playing of The Last Post. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
A member of the public lays her poppy at the base of the cenotaph. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Cornwall Police Chief Dan Parkinson marches off after laying a wreath. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
SD&G Warden Jim Bancroft lays a wreath on behalf of the United Counties. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 297 President Linda Fisher addresses the crowd. Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
Scenes from the Remembrance Day service in Cornwall, Ont. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)