Veterans Avenue naming, plus information for local Remembrance Day ceremonies

Leading up to Remembrance Day, the section of 4 Avenue South between Stafford Drive (9 Street) and 11 Street will be temporarily renamed Veterans Avenue.

The Lethbridge Remembrance Day Committee also has two concurrent 2024 Lethbridge Remembrance Day Services set for Monday, November 11:

• The 2024 Remembrance Day Parade and Service will be hosted by the General Stewart Branch #4 of the Royal Canadian Legion at Lethbridge & District Exhibition in the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre. This is an indoor event with Legion members, veterans, first responders, dignitaries and youth. Doors open at 10 a.m. with seating completed by 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will start at 10:45 a.m.
• An outdoor event with the 20th Independent Field Battery at 10:45 a.m. at the Cenotaph on Veterans Avenue (4 Avenue South) in front of the Yates Memorial Centre. There are scheduled fly-bys by both a C-17 Globemaster by the 429 Transport Squadron (Royal Canadian Air Force) and a Harvard IV

The Lethbridge Military Museum will be open with free admission on Monday, November 11, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. It is located at the Vimy Ridge Armoury near Lethbridge Airport.