All Saints Anglican Church rang its bell 100 times to mark the 100th year since the end of WWI
In the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 bells of peace began to ring across Europe in celebration as news of an armistice ended WWI.
Windsor's All Saints Anglican Church joined the Royal Canadian Legions and churches across Canada ringing its bell 100 times to mark the 100th year since the end of the Great War.
Reverend Robert Clifford tells AM800 News church bells have always been a way grabbing the community's attention.
"It sort of calls you to a moment of reflection or a moment of celebration, depending on how it's rung...or an extended period of reflection and gratitude," he says. "Marking that we are part of something bigger and of longer duration than just our own existence and our own place and time here," says Clifford. "That we are part of something grander than just ourselves."
He says remembering those have sacrificed for their country is important, but as the years carry on, there's a need to keep memories alive.
"The galvanizing moment of the early national story... There's almost nobody alive who remembers that so we carry on in the hopes that we can pass that on to succeeding generations, but now it's out of living memory," he says.
More than 50 residents took turns ringing the bell at dusk as Remembrance Day came to a close.