Newfoundland’s Unknown Soldier has been entombed at the National War Memorial following a solemn ceremony decades in the making in downtown St. John’s.
The Unknown Soldier arrived at the stage in front of the National War Memorial and, accompanied by the sound of bagpipes, pallbearers took the casket from the hearse and made their way up the steps of the memorial.
“No one can have greater love than to lay down their life for their country. We gather today to bear witness to the end of a pilgrimage which has brought the earthly remains of this Newfoundlander and Labradorian from Europe to this, his final resting place, at this National War Memorial,” said Canadian Armed Forces chaplain Lt.-Col. Shawn Samson.
The Unknown Soldier is lowered into his final resting place pic.twitter.com/xZ2H1FO3cx
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