{"id":18849,"date":"2017-11-01T19:04:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T23:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18849"},"modified":"2017-11-01T19:04:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T23:04:11","slug":"remembrance-day-to-be-marked-with-rcaf-flypast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/remembrance-day-to-be-marked-with-rcaf-flypast\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance Day to be marked with RCAF flypast"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

November is a reflective time of year for many Canadians, but here in Aurora, Remembrance Day ceremonies will have an extra poignancy this year with an RCAF Flypast.
\nThe Royal Canadian Air Force will provide a ceremonial flypast at the Aurora Cenotaph on the morning of Saturday, November 11, to mark the installation of the Peace Park\u2019s new LAV (Light Armoured Vehicle) which will be put in place to remember the Afghan Conflict and those who served.
\nCouncil approved the ceremonial flypast at last week\u2019s Council meeting following a Notice of Motion from Mayor Geoff Dawe seeking Council\u2019s consent.
\nRemembrance commemorations will get underway this Saturday at the Royal Canadian Legion (105 Industrial Parkway North) with Legion\u2019s annual Remembrance Dinner & Dance.
\nThe event opens with a cocktail reception starting at 5 p.m. with a commemorative opening ceremony getting underway at 5.45 p.m. with a march of colours and the march-in of local cadets.
\nDinner, followed by speeches, will run from 6 \u2013 8 p.m. with the dance taking over from 8 \u2013 12 midnight featuring the music of Soul Benefit.
\nTickets for both the dinner and dance are $25 and available from the Legion Bar while tickets for just the dance are set at $10.
\nUsually, the Aurora Legion hosts two Remembrance Day ceremonies each year \u2013 one on the Sunday before Remembrance Day and one on Remembrance Day proper.
\nAs Remembrance Day falls on a Saturday this year, organizers are putting their efforts behind one extra special event for Saturday, November 11.
\nThis year\u2019s Parade will mass at Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School with commemorations beginning at the Cenotaph shortly after 10.30 a.m.
\nBy this time, it is expected the LAV will already been in place \u2013 Aurora\u2019s Parks & Recreation Department estimated that installation work could begin as early as Wednesday of this week \u2013 but will the ceremony will mark its formal dedication.
\nThe placement of a LAV at the Cenotaph has been a contentious issue in Aurora since first approved in 2015. While proponents of its placement, and these proponents include the Legion and the Queen\u2019s York Rangers Regimental Council, say it is a fitting way to pay tribute not only to Afghan veterans but those who lost their lives in the conflict, others have said the placement of an instrument of war is anything but a fitting tribute.
\nThis contention spilled over into last week\u2019s Council meeting as local lawmakers approved the flypast.
\n\u201cThere is going to be a more elaborate ceremony this Remembrance Day,\u201d said Councillor John Abel. \u201cUsually we have an exceptional turnout for this event and it just speaks volumes to the support our community has for our Legion and those who made the sacrifice,\u201d said Councillor John Abel.
\nSpeaking specifically to Mayor Dawe\u2019s motion, Councillor Tom Mrakas offered his support, saying. \u201cThis is great and I am really looking forward to it.\u201d
\nCouncillor Wendy Gaertner, however, reiterated the residents\u2019 concerns.
\n\u201cI am going to speak on behalf of all the residents who are very unhappy the LAV is going to be at the Cenotaph,\u201d she said. \u201cI just don\u2019t want people to forget there was dissent on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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