When choosing a site for a candlelight vigil, consider the Veterans section of any community cemetery in Canada or, if you are overseas, one of the hundreds of Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries Footnote 2.
Getting actively involved will help youth feel a sense of ownership in the event. Young people are encouraged to plan and organize the candlelight tribute or similar type of remembrance ceremony Footnote 1. Candles (preferably in fire-resistant cases).(Veterans Affairs Canada) Anticipated Time FrameĪpproximately 40 minutes. To help participants experience the emotional impact of a candlelight ceremony.Ĭandlelight Tribute Ceremony at the 2nd Canadian Sunken Road Cemetery near Beaumont-Hamel, France.To increase awareness and understanding of the price paid by many Canadians to protect peace and freedom at home and around the world.To engage youth in remembrance activities.Encouraging youth, their families, Veterans and Canadian Forces (CF) members to interact with one another is an important element of the commemorative event. Similar tributes take place across Canada in both public and private cemeteries. As a result, commemorative candlelight tributes have now become annual ceremonies in the Netherlands and other European countries. Residents were drawn to the cemeteries by the soft red glow of the candles burning in the dark. Dutch children placed lit candles on the graves of Canadian soldiers and the candles remained lit overnight in silent tribute. In 1995, the people of the Netherlands held a special ceremony to commemorate their liberation by Canadian forces fifty years earlier. This publication is available upon request in alternate formats.Ĭandlelight ceremonies began in the Netherlands to show thanks and to honour those who liberated the country and its people from German occupation during the Second World War.
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