Fort Macleod residents will gather Friday, Nov. 11 for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the community hall.
It will be the first indoor ceremony in two years, after restrictions on the size of gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic moved the ceremony outdoors.
The ceremony gets under way at 10:45 a.m. under the direction of Canadian Forces veteran Tony Miller.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints choir will sing O Canada, follow by the prayer of invocation by Rev. MiYeon Kim of Trinity United Church.
The Last Post will be played, followed by two minutes of silence, the Piper’s Lament by the Bridge City Highlanders Pipes and Drums, and Reveille.
Legion first vice-president Dan Markey will perform the Act of Remembrance.
The Act of Remembrance will be followed by the hymn Faith of Our Fathers led by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints choir.
Rev. Kim will offer scripture readings, and Fort Macleod Mayor Brent Feyter will give an address.
W.A. Day school student Nevayah Fox will read the poem In Flanders Fields.
The choir will then lead the hymn Let There Be Peace on Earth.
Nate Poytress, Adeline Van Herk and Ilias Bergen will then recite the poem I Am the Cenotaph.
The following wreaths will be placed at the cenotaph:
- Representative for the King, Frank Eden.
- Canada’s Bereaved Mothers, Bernice Beeson and her daughter Yvonne Ellam.
- Government of Canada, Conrad Van Hierden.
- Government of Alberta, Conrad Van Hierden.
- MD of Willow Creek, Reeve Maryanne Sandberg and Coun. John Van Driesten.
- Town of Fort Macleod, Mayor Brent Feyter.
- Veterans of World War One, Sgt. Rob Gordon.
- Veterans of World War Two, Legion first vice-president Dan Markey.
- Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, Bob Gunn.
- Veterans of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Basil Wade.
- Veterans of the Royal Canadian Navy, RCMP Sgt. Sheldon Flynn.
- Veterans of the Korean War, Bernice Beeson and her daughter Yvonne Ellam.
- Veterans of the Afghanistan War, Logan Markland.
- Veterans of the United Nations, Bob Gunn.
- Veterans of NATO Forces, Lieut. Werner Dressler.
- The People of Occupied Holland, Frans Feyter.
- Prisoners of War, Bob Moses.
- Canadian War Brides, Leslie Harris and daughter Corallee Markland.
- 2309 Fort Macleod Army Cadets, Lieut. Werner Dressler.
- Royal Canadian Legion, president Ken Fenton.
- Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion, Dorothy Forai.
- RCMP, Const. Dennis Kerr.
- The People of Ukraine, Ivan and Anya Semyozum.
- Fort Macleod Fire Department, George Fox, Jr.
- Alberta Health Services emergency medical services, Huub Wooldrik.
- The Salvation Army, Dan Markey.
- First Nations, RCMP Const. Dennis Kerr.
- Metis Chinook Local 1880, Leslie Campbell-Volk and her son Wesley Volk.
- Eden’s Funeral Home, Brad Sawka.
- Welcome Mat, Melvin Jones.
- Fort Macleod Lions Club, Heather Sopher.
- Knights of Columbus, Bill Ayotte.
- Elks Lodge, Michael Dyck.
- Masons, Brian Reach.
- Rotary Club, Del Hildebrand.
- W.A. Day school, Nevayah Fox.
- F.P. Walshe school, Elizabeth Dempsie.
Audience members will be invited to place any other wreaths.
Rev. Kim will then give the prayer and benediction, followed by Tony Miller offering the Commitment to Remember.
The choir will lead God Save the King.
