Canadians share how they honour our veterans on Remembrance Day
We asked the CBC News audience on Twitter and Facebook to share their memories and traditions for Remembrance Day using the hashtag #HowIRemember.
These are just some of the stories you told us.
For some of our readers, thoughts of Remembrance Day centre on ceremonies and symbols.
<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> my boys and I go and do our part. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAF3062525?src=hash">#RAF3062525</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Legion?src=hash">#Legion</a> <a href="https://t.co/xyhbxYaC1P">pic.twitter.com/xyhbxYaC1P</a>
—@Yosh351
For others, it's an opportunity to learn more about the history of war.
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> Reading WW history, thanking vets I might meet for their service. Sad that WW vets are few now. Their impact? Unforgettable.
—@angmarsrealmSome of our readers shared their family connection to active members of the military.
<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> This year is special. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIremember?src=hash">#HowIremember</a> will be standing beside my two military sons, one a Veteran of Afghanistan the other retired.
—@michelle_e_j<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> By attending local service & praying for my son who is currently in basic training <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a>
—@DannieDBA
Our request for Remembrance Day rituals reached as far as Northern Ireland.
<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HOWIREMEMBER?src=hash">#HOWIREMEMBER</a> our <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lurgan?src=hash">#Lurgan</a>&Brownlow ladies today <a href="https://t.co/Lbl8yNss72">pic.twitter.com/Lbl8yNss72</a>
—@NI_RBLWSAnd many readers told us the stories of family members who served in the Great Wars or, for reasons of conscience, did not.
<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> 21 yrs old when killed near Passchendaele, Nov. 12, 1917. Leath Lawrence of Kimberley, ON. <a href="https://t.co/JcX8XQpcfz">pic.twitter.com/JcX8XQpcfz</a>
—@normaegraham1
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> I will be flying home to be with family and visiting my father grave site...Lest We Forget <a href="https://t.co/DaHdmzJOxb">pic.twitter.com/DaHdmzJOxb</a>
—@McCollkathy
<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> I think of my Scottish grandfather, a conscientious objector in WWI, who went to jail. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a>
—@HeatherMallick
On Twitter, Stacey Brown shared several mementoes of her grandfather's service to Canada.
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> Celebrating the life of our grandfather and hero Lance Sergeant James A Webster. <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/HKL9iWCZr5">pic.twitter.com/HKL9iWCZr5</a>
—@simplicity4jc<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> 2. He rarely spoke of the war. When he did he tried to keep it light and anecdotal. <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/DOZJ7EW1lk">pic.twitter.com/DOZJ7EW1lk</a>
—@simplicity4jc<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> 3. At his funeral the local legion (183) had never seen such a turn out for a Legion Tribute <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/j4GsoX8OTO">pic.twitter.com/j4GsoX8OTO</a>
—@simplicity4jc<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HowIRemember?src=hash">#HowIRemember</a> Heart full of gratitude. Thank you to all our Veterans who help keep Our Canada glorious and free <a href="https://t.co/IpaQJo3SJ0">pic.twitter.com/IpaQJo3SJ0</a>
—@simplicity4jc