PHOTOS: Honouring the serving, remembering the fallen in QW

Thousand of Quinte area residents will be gathering near a cenotaph Wednesday, to honour those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

For some however, the crowds/sites of Remembrance Day way be to emotional.

If you drive by a plaza in Trenton, you will see an annual display that has been quietly honouring our women and men in uniform for years.

At Motosports of Trenton, at 390 Sidney Street, about 2,000 Canadian flags, along with crosses of lost service women/men are displayed on the front lawn.

Curtis King owns Motosports of Trenton.

“I don’t know how many years this has been going. Mark Phillips from Mystical Distributing started the tradition. Three years ago I bought the building from him and he donated all of the stuff he had, on my promise that I would continue the tradition.”

He says the display means different things to different people.

“There was a gentleman here last year, he served and he felt that going to the ceremonies was too much for him, too much noise, it was a lot. So, he came here and paid his respects in silence. We had a lady and her elderly grandmother stop by and she was from Holland, part of the war, the liberation, the respect she has for Canada.”

King says staff and volunteers spend many hours putting the display together.