2005 News and Information
Remembrance Day Ceremonies Set for Richmond
November 4, 2005
Richmond’s veteran’s organizations invite the community to attend this year’s Remembrance Day Cenotaph Ceremonies and parade on Friday, November 11, 2005 at Richmond City Hall located at 6911 No. 3 Road. The Remembrance Day parade includes a colour party, Royal Canadian Legion, Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Association members, cadets, and representation from other service organizations.
Marching units will assemble in the City Hall parking area at 10:15 a.m. before proceeding along Granville Avenue to the Cenotaph located on No. 3 Road on the east side of City Hall, for the Remembrance Day ceremonies.
Official ceremonies at the Cenotaph will begin at 10:30 a.m. Veteran Bill Bleakley and his wife Doreen, this year’s Silver Cross Mother, will be among those placing the official wreaths.
Following completion of the Cenotaph ceremonies at approximately 11:30 a.m., the marching units will proceed from the Cenotaph, west on Granville Avenue past a reviewing stand near the Richmond School Board offices, continuing westward to access Minoru Park parking lot opposite Moffatt Road and to Minoru Pavilion for dispersal.
Portions of No. 3 Road, near City Hall, will be closed for approximately two hours to facilitate the event. There will be some temporary disruption of traffic along Granville Avenue and Minoru Boulevard during the post ceremony parade.
