Governor General to Take Part in Remembrance Day Commemorations in Canada and in Belgium
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Jeudi, novembre 8, 2018
OTTAWA, Nov. 8, 2018 /CNW/ -Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will commemorate Remembrance Day and the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of the First World War at events in both Canada and Belgium.
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- OTTAWA, Nov. 8, 2018 /CNW/ -Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will commemorate Remembrance Day and the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of the First World War at events in both Canada and Belgium.
- On November 10, 2018, she will attend ceremonies in Mons and Le Roeulx, Belgium, to pay homage to our country's efforts in the liberation of Europe during the Great War.
- She will then return to Canada for the National Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War Memorial, in Ottawa, on November 11.
- The Governor General will also lay a wreath on behalf of Canada and speak on the importance of remembering those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom.