Bermuda remembers its fallen
veterans.
At the annual Remembrance Day parade, politicians and civic leaders joined with Governor Thorold Masefield for the ceremony at the Cenotaph.
A large crowd of locals and tourists watched as Bermuda Regiment soldiers marched with other services and junior cadet corps to the Cabinet grounds.
Premier Jennifer Smith, Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon, the Chief Justice Austin Ward, President of the Senate, clergy and Cabinet Ministers looked on as Mr. Masefield inspected the guard of veterans.
Over 60 men had marched along Front Street to the war memorial, led by the North Village and Somerset Brigade Bands with major Leslie Lowe at the helm.
Shortly before the ceremony started, a tow truck was called in to remove a car parked in front of the Cenotaph.
In the Cabinet grounds, the Bermuda Regiment Band was led by major Barrett Dill, Corps of Drums, Bermuda Reserve Constabulary, Bermuda Cadet Corps and Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps.
The two minutes of silence was started and finished by a Canon fired at Albouys Point. Sgt major Neilson DeGraff sounded the last post and Corporal Aiden Stones played as duty piper.
Political differences were put aside during the solemn ceremony and in a spirit of unity, Premier Jennifer Smith and UBP Leader Pamela Gordon shared a hymn sheet.
Representatives from the armed forces, police and fire service laid wreaths, watched by the veterans, who the led the march away along Front Street.
Comrades remembered: Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Kurtz was on hand for Bermuda's Rememberance Day observation, Saturday, at the Cenotaph on Front Street.
VETERANS VET