Michael VanHoek, 64, paying his respects on Remembrance Day. His parents are from Holland and were teens during the First World War, without them he wouldn’t be in Canada today. He would usually attend the ceremony as in past years.
Marc Diab, 22, was a Mississauga citizen who died in Afghanistan in 2009 while a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
Remembering alone and in silence, rather than together due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Celebration Square, which usually holds the Remembrance Day ceremony, is barren due to COVID-19 restrictions. Peel district currently has the highest amount of COVID-19 cases in Canada.
Glass artwork featured in the WAR Flower exhibit, made by local Living Arts Centre contributors.
The Living Art Centre in Mississauga, Ontario currently displaying the WAR Flower traveling exhibit. Robert Stanczyk, historical interpreter for museums at the city of Mississauga says, “COVID-19 kept people coming at a steady pace. But, in a non-COVID world, a lot of people would be coming, especially today, on Remembrance Day.”
