2025 Remembrance Day Ceremony

The annual Remembrance Day Ceremony will be held this year at the Battle of Crysler's Farm memorial on November 11th. The Friends of Crysler's Farm Battlefield and guests will gather at the bottom of the hill at 8:30am, then march up to the monument at 8:45am. The ceremony itself will begin promptly 9:00am.

A golf cart will be available to bring guests with mobility issues up to the memorial.

After the ceremony, guests are welcome to gather at the bottom of the hill for coffee.

Those unable to attend in person can watch the ceremony live via the Friends of Crysler's Farm Battlefield Facebook page.

Program

11 November 1813 – 11 November 2025
Commemorating 212 Years of Sacrifice and Valor
Crysler’s Farm Battlefield Memorial
8:30am Gathering/9:00am Ceremony

Order of Service:

1. Welcome and Words: Omar Simonyi/ Artillery War of 1812-14/FCFB
2. Battle of Crysler’s Farm: Stuart L. Manson UE/Author, Historian, Researcher
3. On behalf of the Descendants of those who fought: Carol Thompson Goddard UE/FCFB
4. Words From the Re-enactment Community: Omar Simonyi FCFB
5. War of 1812 Prayer: Gabriele Thomas FCFB
6. Cannon Salute
7. Moment of Silence
8. Piper’s Lament: Pipe Major Hugh Metcalfe/Royal Canadian Legion, Kemptville Branch 212
9. Cannon Salute
10. Laying of Wreaths
11. Closing: “When the Battle’s Over” : Pipe Major Hugh Metcalfe
12. Refreshments and Comradeship

"The spirit of past ages never dies – It lives and walks abroad and cries aloud.”
 Susanna Moodie, 1847