We go back to Remembrance Day in 1976 for this week’s Cochrane history feature.
Page 5 of the Northland Post the following week carried five photos of the observance at the cenotaph in Memorial Park.
One was of sea cadets carrying flags at the front of the procession, as a biting northwest wind had those flags flapping. Another was Mayor Maurice Hotte laying a wreath on behalf of the citizens of Cochrane.
Remembrance Day began in 1919 as Armistice Day, a year after the end of the First World War. It became Remembrance Day in 1931, when it was also set for November 11th every year – not the Monday before that date.
Thanks to the Cochrane Public Library for the use of its archives.
