Remembrance Day: Crowds gather at the National War Memorial and across eastern Ontario on Nov. 11 [Video]

Crowds gathered in Ottawa and eastern Ontario on Monday to honour the sacrifice of men and women in uniform who gave their lives in service of Canada.

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Despite a few sprinkles of rain, the National Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War Memorial saw approximately 35,000 people line up along Elgin and Wellington streets to pay their respects in the nation’s capital, according to police.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon joined active military and veterans as well as this year’s Silver Cross Mother Maureen Anderson from New Brunswick, whose two sons, Sgt. Ron Anderson and Sgt. Ryan Anderson, served in Afghanistan.

Anderson, whose sons both died after a battle with post-traumatic stress disorder, laid a wreath at the foot of the National War Memorial, representing the mothers left behind by all …