Thank you to everyone who made the time to attend our Bay Ward Remembrance Day Ceremony on Monday morning in Britannia Park. It was a privilege to gather together to pay tribute to the brave people who have served and continue to serve our country.
Bay Ward Remembrance Day Ceremony,
Blood Red Memorial Flagpole,
Britannia Park,
2805 Carling Ave,
Ottawa, ON. K2B 8K6
In the centre, Chandra Pasma Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Ottawa West-Nepean. Chandra is a proven advocate for workers and people who need a helping hand. She serves as Official Opposition Critic for Education. Here, she speaks to the military, veterans and audience on Remembrance Day. On the right is City Councillor for Bay Ward, Theresa Kavanagh with the backdrop of The Northwest One Choir.
Bay Ward Remembrance Day Ceremony,
Blood Red Memorial Flagpole,
Britannia Park,
2805 Carling Ave,
Ottawa, ON. K2B 8K6
Piper Rick Hearn plays Lament, Flowers of the Forest at the Blood Red Memorial Flagpole in Britannia Park, Ottawa during the Bay Ward Remembrance Day Ceremony. He joined the Canadian Navy right out of high school and attended Royal
Roads Military College in Victoria for basic engineering then two years at the Royal Military College of
Canada. Rick Hearn was hooked on Scottish music at about age 10. It was while in first year university when Rick Hearn
jumped at the opportunity when one of the new recruits, a piper, offered to teach some and start a pipe band. Once he could play solo, ships’ captains had him play coming into foreign ports even adding me to the ship’s broadcast – “Special Sea Duty Party, Anchor Party Close Up, Piper Close Up on top Forward Gun Mount”. Best experience was playing in a massed pipe band for the 2009 Homecoming (similar to the Tattoo) in Edinburgh Castle.
Thank you to Dennis Mah for sharing these photos.
