My son is in Ontario on Remembrance Day (our name for Armistice Day in Canada) for the first time and he was shocked it wasn’t a public holiday like it is in B.C.
He was disappointed to be in Ottawa, just a few minutes away from the National War Memorial by metro, but couldn’t attend because he has classes today.
I agree with him. It is very strange that this day, of all days, is not a national day.
So instead he rushed through his class so he could at least get to the small ceremony held on campus.
How sad that there is so little time and space made for it in our largest and most populous province.
@chris To be fair I don’t know if they offer audio description on location. So in my unique circumstance as a blind person tv might be better. But I’ve never had the opportunity to find out.
@fastfinge good point. Perhaps if they provided a location for the blind close to the front of the proceedings so you could properly hear all of the goings on it would be beneficial. It might give you a different feeling to be able to hear the call of the guards, the music and bagpipes, the guns in the distance, the aircraft, the live words from the speakers, the silence at the time.
