A bugler plays the 'Last Post' during the Remembrance Day ceremony at North Delta Social Heart Plaza cenotaph in Delta, BC, Canada on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.

© Sanjib Dutta

North Delta residents marked Remembrance Day to remember and honour those who fought and gave their lives and their futures so that we may live in peace during the event.

Canadians pause for a moment of silence on Nov. 11 every year in remembrance of the men and women who have served and continue to serve the country during times of war, conflict and peacekeeping. It has been 101 years since the Armistice of Compiègne went into effect, ending hostilities between the Allies and Germany — and marking the end of the First World War.

The Fraser Blues in vintage 1940s L-17 'Navion' aircraft made a flypast during the event. The ceremony included veterans, local school children and residents. The ceremony, which was presented by the Kennedy House Seniors Society, was followed by refreshments at the nearby North Delta Recreation Centre.

The 'Last Post' is either a B♭ bugle call, primarily within British infantry and Australian infantry regiments, or an E♭ cavalry trumpet call in British cavalry and Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery), and is used at Commonwealth military funerals, and ceremonies commemorating those who have been killed in war. Its duration varies typically from a little over one minute to nearly three minutes. For ceremonial use, the 'Last Post' is often followed by 'The Rouse', or less usually the longer 'Reveille'.

The two regimental traditions have separate music for the call (see Trumpet & Bugle Calls for the British Army 1966). While the B♭ infantry bugle version is better known, the E♭ cavalry trumpet version is used by the state trumpeters of the Household Cavalry.

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