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November 8, 2026

Remembrance Service held Sunday in Florence

Heather Wright/The Independent

There was a small, solemn ceremony at Dawn-Euphemia’s cenotaph in Florence Sunday.

Members of the Dawn-Euphemia fire department organized the event with members of the Bothwell Legion on hand.

Kelsie May and Dianne Alexander were the members of the Colour Guard during the ceremony in Florence Nov. 8, 2026.
Sgt at Arms Angela Johnson salutes during the Last Post at the Florence cenotaph Nov. 8, 2026.
One of several wreaths presented at the Dawn-Euphemia Service of Remembrance Nov. 8, 2026.
Dawn-Euphemia Mayor Al Broad lays a wreath on behalf of the Goverment of Canada Nov. 8, 2026.
Chaplin Bruce Cook speaks to the crowd about Indigenous military members and his family’s military experience Nov. 8, 2026 in Florence.
Dawn-Euphemia Councillor Ann Gray, centre, helps her grandchild place their poppy on one of the wreaths Nov. 8, 2026.

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