Much of Canada and many parts of the world paused today at 11am to reflect on the sacrifices of service men and women who fought to protect the freedoms we enjoy.
Many areas in the region will hold services at community cenotaphs.
Chris Marvel served 21 years in the Royal Air Force and now lives in Chatham-Kent.
"I think it is important for any veteran, actually for any Canadian Citizen, to attend this kind of ceremony and remember all of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and all of those who have served," he says.
In Windsor, Catholic Central High School is taking a different approach. It is holding a ceremony at 9am but has designated a Hall of Honour.
Jeff Gendron, the campus minister, says it makes the students feel connected with them.
"It contains names of veterans who are family and friends of our students and staff," he says. "The idea is it brings a strong connection to our students and our staff, now we are not only remembering veterans, we are remembering veterans from our own family."
Connie Harrison will spend the morning at a ceremony in Chatham helping veterans place wreaths and she will be thinking about her childhood in an industrial area of the United Kingdom.
"I remember we had to take our gas masks to school with us," she says. "It wasn't only night times we got bombed. We got bombed during the day too."
