Crowd gathers to mark Remembrance Day in Kitchener

Today is Remembrance Day and here in downtown Kitchener where I am, hundreds of people just gathered to honor and remember the sacrifices of the men and women who chose to answer the call. What brought you here today? Yeah, my wife have this information from YouTube and say there is a old soldier just So we just want to come here to see the old sages and pay our respect to them. Why is it important for you to do that? Just for my feeling, my emotion. I just want to come here to pay all respect to the old sages. Their contributions for the country are a lot. My father was in the Second World War, so it's close to my heart. And my daughter is MP for Kitchener Centre, and she's in the parade. So I wouldn't miss November 11th anyways. What's your favourite memory of your father? Favourite memory? Oh my goodness. I think with him playing in the Kitchener Society band. And they used to march in the November 11th. For you personally, why is it important that we keep doing this for the men and women who served? Oh absolutely to keep the history going and you know keep the young kids knowing what the previous people went through in the war. May we honour the sacrifices made by our brothers and sisters not only through our words today but through our actions every day. My brother's name is John and that's why I'm here today. Because John Forge is the Master of Arms at the KW Naval Association in Waterloo. And he led the entire parade, which I absolutely loved. I'm so proud of him. And also, my dad served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. And that's another reason that makes it so special. I try to come to every ceremony if it's not snowing, but today was really special because the weather was great and this entire ceremony was so moving, it was just beautiful. The marching, the music, the presentations of the wreaths, just everything meant so much. So I'm grateful to be here, that I'm able to get here. I did park in a no-parking zone. Hopefully, I won't get a ticket. I'll take it. But, yeah, it was just a special day in every way. And I was looking at you, and you looked kind of emotional. Could you share a little bit of what was going through your mind at that time? Oh, my gosh, yes. I mean, just hearing the music, some of the memories, some of the stories from my mom when Dad was in the Navy during the war. Thank you. That just all comes out, and so yeah, it's hard not to be emotional at times like this. I guess that's why.