It's been 100-years since the end of WWI and thousands of residents huddled around the cenotaph outside Windsor's city hall to mark the occasion this Remembrance Day.
Ceremony about to get underway to mark 100-years since the end of WWI in downtown #Windsor. #RememberanceDay2018 pic.twitter.com/rRA3x7gHbs
— Gord Bacon (@baconAM800) November 11, 2018
Nearly 10-years have passed since Windsor's Theresa Charbonneau lost her son in a Taliban attack in September of 2008 — Cpl. Andrew Grenon was killed with two other Canadian soldiers in Kandahar.
She's laid the first wreath in honour of her son and many others for Silver Crossed Mothers here in Windsor-Essex ever since.
"To see the number of people here is incredible...overwhelming," says Charbonneau, An emotional Charbonneau who tells AM800 News the crowd gathered to pay their respects was a sight to see.
Charbonneau says the crowd showing respect for — not only recent generations but a generation that will soon have passed on — shows the character of the community.
"Windsor has always been, in the 10-years that I've known personally, an incredible city for remembering and for honouring. I'm so grateful that we are able to do it, that we have the means to do it," she says. "We have problems, certainly we do...but Canada is a peaceful country. We enjoy our freedoms and people are starting to recognize to what they owe their freedoms."
Mayor Drew Dilkens encouraged residents to thank someone for their service during the ceremony — a line formed to thank Charbonneau for her son's sacrifice when the event came to a close.