Hundreds turned out for Monday's Remembrance Day ceremony at the Waterdown Legion.
With grey skies and a sharp wind, residents withstood the elements to watch the Colour Guard, sing the national anthem, Amazing Grace and God Save The King, and lay their poppies at the cenotaph, in honour of Canada's veterans and fallen soldiers.
Waterdown District High School began the day's services, with two assemblies honouring Remembrance Day. The WDHS Senior Band played for the assembly, including the Last Post before and after the two minutes of silence.
Major Chuck Bamlett of the Canadian Armed Forces, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, delivered a speech to students gathered for the ceremony.
"We remember not only the families, but the loved ones, who carry the heavy weight of the ones they have lost," he said at the assembly.
Following the assembly, students walked from the high school to the Waterdown Legion, for the 11a.m. ceremony. Before the ceremony began, four planes from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum made a fly-pass over the legion.
Elementary students from Grace Christian School attended the event, along with hundreds of residents from the village of Waterdown. The parking lot of the legion was filled with attendees.
The cenotaph was covered with more than 20 wreaths, from local and provincial politicians, community groups, first responders, schools and veteran societies, and in honour of veterans in the community.
The Legion then invited visitors inside for a look at the Museum of Hope display, put on by WDHS students, and for a reception.
