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November 11, 2022

School children joined with veterans and members of the Watford community to mark Remembrance Day Friday.

Members of the Watford Legion walked to the Cenotaph at the centre of Watford for the ceremony where wreaths were laid and the Act of Remembrance took place with people across Canada at 11 am.

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