11/10/2025
NHH welcomed back Lieutenant Chris Barker (Navy reservist), Kelly Cairns (RPN and bagpipe player), and Chris Devlin (bugle player with the Cobourg Concert Band) to lead the hospital’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony for staff, volunteers, patients, and visitors who shared in the commemoration of both Indigenous Veterans Day, recognized on November 8, and Remembrance Day on November 11. Traditionally held the day before Remembrance Day, it was a moving tribute to honour those who have served and continue to serve to defend peace here and abroad. A special thank you to NHH Recreational Therapist Linda Casimir Davis who organized our ceremonies, and NHH Auxiliary volunteer participants, Deb Smelko and Terry Spurrell.
The Commitment to Remember:
They were young, as we are young.
They served, giving freely of themselves.
To them, we pledge, amid the winds of time,
To carry their torch and never forget.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.