Remembrance Day in Winnipeg

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Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press. Canadian flags mark the thousands of grave markers for vets in the Field of Honour at Brookside Cemetery on Remembrance Day.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press. Canadian flags mark the thousands of grave markers for vets in the Field of Honour at Brookside Cemetery on Remembrance Day.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Jen Halley walks with her son Nixon,3,around the hundreds of grave markers in the Field of Honour at Brookside Cememtary.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Jen Halley walks with her son Nixon,3,around the hundreds of grave markers in the Field of Honour at Brookside Cememtary.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Corporal Roseanna Brake celebrates Remembrance Day with thousands of others at the RBC Convention Centre.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Corporal Roseanna Brake celebrates Remembrance Day with thousands of others at the RBC Convention Centre.
Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press Thousands of people celebrate Remembrance Day at the RBC Convention Centre.
Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press Thousands of people celebrate Remembrance Day at the RBC Convention Centre.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Thousands of people celebrate Remembrance Day at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Thousands of people celebrate Remembrance Day at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Janice Filmon rises to place her wreath.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Janice Filmon rises to place her wreath.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Rev. Bruce Miles spoke on Remembrance Day at the RBC Convention Centre.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Rev. Bruce Miles spoke on Remembrance Day at the RBC Convention Centre.
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Thousands of people were in attendance at the Remembrance Day service at the RBC Convention Centre .
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press Thousands of people were in attendance at the Remembrance Day service at the RBC Convention Centre .
Andrew Swan, MLA Minto (centre), is silhouetted along with statues of three Valour Road Victoria Cross recipients - Sargeant-Major Frederick William Hall, Corporal Lionel B. Clarke and Lieutenant Robert Shankland - against the dark skies as he speaks to a large crowd gathered at Valour Road Memorial Park.
Andrew Swan, MLA Minto (centre), is silhouetted along with statues of three Valour Road Victoria Cross recipients - Sargeant-Major Frederick William Hall, Corporal Lionel B. Clarke and Lieutenant Robert Shankland - against the dark skies as he speaks to a large crowd gathered at Valour Road Memorial Park.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Andrew Swan, MLA Minto, speaks to the large crowd gathered at Valour Road Memorial Park for a Remembrance Day Service.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Andrew Swan, MLA Minto, speaks to the large crowd gathered at Valour Road Memorial Park for a Remembrance Day Service.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press A large crowd surrounds the monument at Valour Road Memorial Park and sings O Canada during the Remembrance Day Service.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press A large crowd surrounds the monument at Valour Road Memorial Park and sings O Canada during the Remembrance Day Service.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press A large crowd surround the monument at Valour Road Memorial Park.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press A large crowd surround the monument at Valour Road Memorial Park.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Four-year-old Maximus Murdock and his mom, Amanda, take a close look at the memorial stone honouring the soldiers who lost their lives in the wars while attending the Remembrance Day service at Vimy Ridge Park. Nov 11, 2015 Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Four-year-old Maximus Murdock and his mom, Amanda, take a close look at the memorial stone honouring the soldiers who lost their lives in the wars while attending the Remembrance Day service at Vimy Ridge Park. Nov 11, 2015 Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Five-year-old Ollie Cumming places a poppy on a memorial stone at Vimy Ridge Park honouring the soldiers who lost their lives.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Five-year-old Ollie Cumming places a poppy on a memorial stone at Vimy Ridge Park honouring the soldiers who lost their lives.

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