Silver Cross Mother Wilhelmina Beerenfenger-Koehler (L) reacts while standing with Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean after laying a wreath during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial in Ottawa November 11, 2007. Beerenfenger-Koehler's son, Corporal Robbie Beerenfenger, was killed near Kabul, Afghanistan in October 2003. Beerenfenger-Koehler was named the Silver Cross Mother to represent all mothers who lost children in the military. (Agencies)

 

 

 

A newspaper obituary for Corporal Brent Poland is seen on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial in Ottawa November 11, 2007. Poland was killed April 8, 2007 in Afghanistan. (Agencies)