On Saturday people from across the country honoured veterans and those that serve on Remembrance Day.

In Swift Current, the City held ceremonies at the cenotaph and the Comprehensive High School.

"It's humbling when you see the support of the community that is there," Swift Current Mayor Denis Perrault said. "Especially when it's to honour our veterans that served. It's a unifying experience, and I'm always in awe when I see how many people support it, at the cenotaph, and then later at the Comp, and again at the legion. It's very important, and I'm very thankful to be a part of Swift Current."

The first ceremony kicked off at the cenotaph and saw cadets, veterans, legion members, RCMP, and others march to the cenotaph to start the service with residents surrounding them.

The ceremony at the high school featured Swift Current's World War II veteran Gordan Hartley in attendance. It also featured the current Premier and MLA for Swift Current Brad Wall laying a wreath at the high school.

Perrault said that to him Remembrance Day is a day to sit back and reflect on the past and what people gave and sacrificed.

"Of course it's a time of remembrance, but it's a time of reflection, and that's why I really appreciate the time of silence. It's a time for us when we can just be quiet for a second and try and think of what the men and women went through. It's something that I have a hard time even fathoming because it's incredible the sacrifices that those men and women made so we can enjoy the freedoms that we had today."

Wall said he is reminded every day of the sacrifice that the soldiers made when he goes to work.

"I have the honour of working in the legislative building and you can not help but be reminded of the price of freedom there," he said. "Everyday I walk into the chamber, and I have the right to debate freely. We have a democracy in this province and this country because of what men and women have done and are still prepared to do. That's what it means to me because I'm reminded of our freedoms every day at work."

Wall added that this Remembrance Day was extra special as it will be the last time he will attend a service in Swift Current as the premier and MLA.

"I was thinking about this being my last service from the time I got up this morning," he said. "Between laying the wreath which has always been an honour and something I've done since 1999 and attending the luncheon at the legion it's been a pretty powerful day all around."

Cypress-Grassland MP David Anderson said that to him Remembrance Day means remembering what the veterans sacrifices did.

"We relied on these people to protect our basic freedoms, he said. We have them because they were willing to make sacrifices to preserve them."

Anderson added that he thinks it's really important that the fewer veterans we have around, the more important it is to remember the past.

A number of residents echoed what Perrault, Wall, and David Anderson said about what remembrance day means to them.

It's about remembering their sacrifices, and what those sacrifices allowed us to do.

One resident said that it's up to us to make sure that the sacrifices are never forgotten.

Andy Keys, who was in British Forces and fought in the Gulf War said that to see all the support of the community was just fantastic.