Local cadets are standing vigil at the cenotaph in downtown Barrie tonight leading up to Sunday's Remembrance Day services.
Cadets, in rotating shifts of five beginning at 7 p.m., Saturday, will remain at Memorial Square until Sunday morning.
Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War in 1918.
Events planned for Sunday include:
Remembrance Day Parade & Ceremony | Sunday, Nov. 11, 10 a.m. | Parade: Dunlop/Mulcaster to Five Points | Ceremony: Memorial Square
The annual parade will start along Dunlop Street at Mulcaster and march to the Five Points intersection halting in front of the cenotaph in Memorial Square for the ceremony.
Two minutes of silence will be observed at 11 a.m. followed by the ceremony and laying of wreaths.
WE MUST HAVE MORE MEN! Barrie and the Great War, presented by Theatre By The Bay
Sunday, Nov. 11, 12 p.m. approximately | Meridian Place
A special performance of Theatre By The Bay's play WE MUST HAVE MORE MEN! Barrie and the Great War will take place in Meridian Place immediately after the Remembrance Day Ceremony. The play brings to life the personal accounts of the soldiers from Barrie and Simcoe County who fought in the trenches, at sea, and in the air in the Great War, as well as the wives and children who kept the home fires burning.
WWI Armistice Ceremony | Sunday, November 11, 4:30 p.m. | Military Heritage Park
Members of the military, cadets and family members will gather to honour those from Barrie & Simcoe County who served in WWI. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
Bells of Peace - Local churches will ring their bells 100 times at “the going down of the sun” (4:56 p.m.), to emulate the moment in 1918 when church bells across Europe tolled as four years of war came to an end.
