Remembrance Day ceremony won't be at the Kitchener cenotaph this year

For the first time in more than a decade, Kitchener'sRemembrance Day ceremony won't be held at the cenotaph at Duke and Frederick streets.

Instead, it's moving to city hall, and will be held in Carl ZehrSquare.

A city news release said the change was to "ensure that there is enough room to accommodate [everyone] ... while construction continues on the streets surrounding the cenotaph."

The ceremony will start at the Victoria Park clock tower and the parade will march to Carl ZehrSquare at 10:30 a.m. A special drumhead service will be performed at approximately 10:45 a.m.

Special drumhead service

According to information provided by Royal Canadian LegionBranch 50, a special drumhead service is "usually conducted in a battlefield when no building or altar is available.

"For centuries, armies have marched into battle to the beat of drums and gathered around the banner of their leaders," wrote Dan McVey on the branch's website.

"For centuries, men have gathered around these symbols to pray to their god in the battlefields of the world."

Drumswill be stacked by the Waterloo Regional Police band, and five flags will be draped over to make a representative cenotaph. Those flags will bethe Branch Banner, and NATO, U.N., Union Jack and Canadian flags.