Tomorrow join veterans and members from Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24 as they recognize the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge during a wreath-laying ceremony at St. Catharines city hall.
April 9th marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a key battle during the First World War considered to be a Canadian triumph for the allies.
Veterans will lay wreaths at the Honour Rolls, the Watson Memorial and Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24 Cenotaph, beginning at 10:15 a.m.
Veterans and Legion members will then begin their march through downtown streets to the cenotaph at Memorial Park for a memorial service commemorating the anniversary.
The procession will leave City Hall at 10:30 a.m. and go west on Church Street, continue south on Ontario Street, then head west on St. Paul Street West to the cenotaph.
The Memorial Park service begins at 11 a.m.