For a moment Tuesday morning a hush fell over Gore Park in downtown Hamilton to honour the fallen and recognize all those who served in defence of Canada.

Hamilton residents, active military personnel and veterans congregated at the downtown Cenotaph for the annual city Remembrance Day service.

Wreaths laid and tears shed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month coincide with the anniversary of the First World War Armistice, Nov. 11, 1918.

Steve Gardiner from the 31st Service Battalion escorts Memorial Cross mother Bev McCraw to lay a wreath during the City Of Hamilton Annual Remembrance Day Service Tuesday at the Gore Park Cenotaph. McCraw’s son Sgt. Shawn Allen Eades died in Afghanistan in 2008. Cathie Coward/The Hamilton Spectator

Leene Cazeau and Yasmine Mairouskou re

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