Kingsville honours veterans during Remembrance ceremonies

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Kingsville residents joined many others at Remembrance Day ceremonies throughout Essex County Monday to honour veterans who fought for Canada. 

The ceremony at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188 featured prayers by Rev. John van Omme, President James Raposo reading the branch’s mission statement, the laying of dozens of wreaths by community groups and Kingsville residents, the reading of the names of residents who died in the wars, a 21-gun salute and the releasing of the peace bird by John Delicata, Kingsville’s oldest living veteran at 100. 

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John Delicata, (third from left), Kingsville’s oldest living veteran at 100, helps to release the peace bird during Remembrance Day ceremonies on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188 in Kingsville. (Brian MacLeod/Windsor Star) Photo by Brian MacLeod /Windsor Star

Canadians fight to “save freedom for future generations,” Raposo said. “With … deepest gratitude, we venerate all of those who sacrificed their lives, giving up their futures for us. We revere those who served, fought, survived. Many of whom returned, injured in body, mind and spirit. Most of them returned and picked up the pieces of the civil lives and carried on without complaint.” 

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Members of the public placed their poppies on wreaths laid at the cenotaph in Kingsville during Remembrance Day ceremonies on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188. Photo by Brian MacLeod /Windsor Star

After the ceremonies, many members of the public approached the cenotaph to place their poppies in the wreaths. 

Across Essex County, Remembrance Day ceremonies were also held in Essex, Harrow, LaSalle, Amherstburg, Comber and Leamington.

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Members of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment army reserves stand at attention during Remembrance Day ceremonies on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188 in Kingsville. (Brian MacLeod/Windsor Star) Photo by Brian MacLeod /Windsor Star
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Kingsville Mayor Dennis Rogers (left), Ethan Wuerch (constituency assistant to Essex MPP Anthony Leardi), and Essex MP Chris Lewis attended the Remembrance Day ceremonies on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188 in Kingsville. (Brian MacLeod/Windsor Star) Photo by Brian MacLeod /Windsor Star
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Members of the Windsor Regiment (RCAC) presented a 21-gun salute during Remembrance Day ceremonies on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188. (Brian MacLeod/Windsor Star) Photo by Brian MacLeod /Windsor Star
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A piper plays a lament during Remembrance Day ceremonies on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188 in Kingsville. Photo by Brian MacLeod /Windsor Star
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Royal Canadian legion Branch 188 president James Raposo lays a wreath during Remembrance Day ceremonies on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188 in Kingsville. (Brian MacLeod/Windsor Star) Photo by Brian MacLeod /Windsor Star
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Members of the Windsor Regiment (RCAC) play during Remembrance Day ceremonies on Monday, November 11, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 188 in Kingsville. Photo by Brian MacLeod /Windsor Star

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