The department said on Friday that unless the prime minister decides to return the flag to full mast before Remembrance Day, it will remain at half-mast on that day instead of being hoisted up and lowered to half-mast again.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for it to be lowered after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc announced that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.Ĭanadian Heritage says flags at government buildings and the Peace Tower remain lowered in memory of Indigenous children who died attending residential schools, as well as survivors and their families. The flag has been flying at half-mast at federal buildings since late May. She said they could choose whether to keep the flag at half-mast after Remembrance Day. Spectators will be allowed to attend the ceremony in Ottawa if they wear a mask and socially distance.Ī spokeswoman for the Legion said it was up to individual branches to decide if they want to follow its advice to raise the flag at branches or local cenotaphs before lowering it. It will remain lowered until sunset and will then be presented to this year's Silver Cross mother, representing mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. The flag will be raised in the morning, and be lowered during the ceremony.
Lowering the flag to half-mast on Remembrance Day is one of the traditional ways Canada honours its war dead, alongside a two-minute silence and the Last Post.
The Legion on Friday recommended that its branches throughout Canada do the same on Nov. The Royal Canadian Legion says it plans to raise the flag at the National War Memorial in Ottawa before the Remembrance Day ceremony - and then lower it again to half-mast.
0 kommentar(er)
