Video taking off 18x its usual first day

Hamilton's Garrison Parade honours veterans and first responders

CHCH News follows the procession from James Street North to a Gore Park ceremony, with veterans reflecting on the community's support.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 43,677 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (2,472).

Hamilton’s Garrison Parade and Service honours veterans, first responders

Veterans, cadets, police, firefighters and paramedics share the route down James Street North as spectators gather to say thank you. CHCH News' report captures Hamilton's annual Garrison Parade and Service, bringing military service and first responders together in a downtown act of remembrance.

The report drew roughly 44,000 views in its first day, far beyond the usual start for the channel's Shorts. But its focus stays close to the street: the people marching, those watching from the sidewalk and what showing up means to them.

Reporter Sean Cowan speaks with Hamilton Veterans Committee vice chairman Ed Sculthorpe, who names participating units including the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, the Argylls and HMCS Star. Spectators explain that they have come to acknowledge both past sacrifices and people serving today.

At the Hamilton Cenotaph in Gore Park, the procession gives way to a ceremony with a reading of "In Flanders Fields," a flyover, silence and wreath-laying ahead of Remembrance Day.

Parade marshal and veteran Steve Waldron puts the purpose plainly: "Because we should never forget." For Sculthorpe, seeing the public gathered has a personal effect: "Makes me feel filled with gratitude. Absolutely."