Niagara-on-the-Lake remembered Canada’s fallen during two Saturday ceremonies only hours apart. 

Starting at 10:45 a.m., hundreds packed Queen Street at the clock tower cenotaph for the first service.

The gathering featuring an address by NOTL Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa, a reading of “In Flanders Fields” from regional Coun. Andrea Kaiser and a presentation of wreaths to the cenotaph from more than two dozen town organizations and families. 

At 1 p.m. NOTL officials and onlookers gathered at the Queenston cenotaph, near RiverBrink Art Museum. The ceremony featured a speech from MP Tony Baldinelli and the laying of additional wreaths.

Both celebrations were followed with a social at Royal Canadian Branch 124 where free homemade chili was provided to all who attended.