Retired brigadier-general Duane Daly spearheaded the creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The former brigadier-general who successfully advocated for the establishment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa won’t be on site at Tuesday’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

Instead, Duane Daly will be at home in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata as the tomb is featured in the ceremony for the 25th time.

Mr. Daly, who retired in 2009 as the dominion secretary for the Royal Canadian Legion, doesn’t want to fight traffic or find parking to attend. But he makes a solo trip every May, on the anniversary of its unveiling.

“I think of all the challenges that we went through to establish it as one aspect, and then the overwhelming gratitude to the Canadian people in su

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