'We will remember them'. These solemn words reverberated around St Peter's Square this morning as people gathered to pay their respects to the fallen.
Servicemen and women past and present marched up John Dalton Street and Princess Street at 10.25am to St Peter's Square before a poignant service in front of a huge crowd to mark Remembrance Sunday. Music was played as civic dignitaries, faith leaders, emergency services and other uniformed organisations gathered at the Cenotaph before the city fell silent at 11am.
A moving rendition of the Last Post echoed in the Square in the lead up to the complete silence, where only the gentle breeze on the trees could be heard. Poignant readings from leaders of all faiths that have given their lives in war and a special recognition of volunteers from the Commonwealth nations made sure that all were remembered today.
The crowd old and young joined in with Hymns as wreaths were laid on the Cenotaph. The national anthem was sung before a band of bagpipes led March Past the Central Library. Many ex-servicemen and women in the crowd donned their medals and were able to stand in solidarity as the crowd barriers were taken away after the ceremony.
People took this chance to pay their own respects at the Cenotaph, laying poppies and thanking those servicemen and woman in attendance for their service.
It was a perfect sunny morning for the city to pay its respects, with the crowd full of admiration for those who have given their all for their country.
The barriers and the signs may now have been taken down and the streets reopened for cars and trams to pass through. But the Cenotaph and its tributes will remain a constant as the city around it moves on. One thing for sure is that all those thought of and thanked today for giving the ultimate sacrifice in war over the years certainly won't be forgotten.
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