British, Canadian, French and U.S. officials, along with members of the Uruguayan branch of the Royal British Legion, families and friends gathered to pay tribute to fallen veterans who served the cause of freedom throughout modern history at a Veterans Day ceremony held in Montevideo's British Cemetery on Saturday, November 11, 2006.

In rendering homage to those who paid the highest sacrifice, British Ambassador Hugh Salvesen read a poem by Lt. Col. John McCrae written in 1915 following the terrible battle in the Ypres, while he was resting at a nearby cemetery where he saw a field of wild poppies growing between the rows of crosses.

Following the ceremony, Ambassador Salvesen, U.S. Chargé D'Affaires James Nealon and Canadian Ambassador Patricia Fuller joined French Chargé D'Affaires Bernard Maizeret at Montevideo's Cementerio Central to honor fallen French soldiers buried there.

On Sunday, the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Montevideo held a Remembrance Day service. In remembering those who lived and died in the service of others, Dean Bruce Addison also remembered those who "died during the past year in terrible acts of terrorism." He added, "we give thanks for their lives and we hold them in our prayers along with all who mourn their deaths; for all who are rebuilding their lives; and for those who shared, often at great cost to themselves, in the work of rescue and rehabilitation."

   PHOTO AND VIDEO GALLERY

>Click to enlarge photo		FLOWERS OF THE FOREST BUGLE HORN AMAZING GRACE US Chargé James Nealon Canadian Ambassador Patricia Fuller UK Ambassador Hugh Salvesen
		Left: British Ambassador Hugh Salvesen, U.S. Chargé D'Affaires James Nealon, Canadian Ambassador Patricia Fuller, French Chargé D'Affaires Bernard Maizeret, members of the Uruguayan branch of the Royal British Legion, their families and friends paid tribute to all who served the cause of freedom throughout modern history at a ceremony held in Montevideo's British Cemetery on November 11, 2006.

>Click to enlarge photo		>Click to enlarge photo
Ambassador Salvesen looks on as crosses are placed in the "Field of Remembrance" at Montevideo's British Cemetery to honor fallen veterans, November 11, 2006.

>Click to enlarge photo		>Click to enlarge photo
The Royal British Legion flag is dipped and raised as piper Gonzalo Rodriguez plays Reveille. The touching of flag to the ground is done as a salute during a moment of silence.

>Click to enlarge photo		>Click to enlarge photo
Left: French Chargé D'Affaires Bernard Maizeret, right, places a wreath at the French Memorial Tomb in Montevideo's Cementerio Central. Right: U.S. Chargé D'Affaires James Nealon, British Ambassador Hugh Salvesen, French Chargé D'Affaires Bernard Maizeret and Canadian Ambassador Patricia Fuller.

>Click to enlarge photo		>Click to enlarge photo
French Chargé D'Affaires Bernard Maizeret hosting a reception for British, Canadian, American and French veterans at the French Embassy in Montevideo.		Remembrance Day Eucharist at The Most Holy Trinity Cathedral in Montevideo, November 12, 2006.

>Click to enlarge photo		>Click to enlarge photo
U.S. Chargé D'Affaires James Nealon delivers the First Reading during the Remembrance Day Eucharist, November 12, 2006.		British Ambassador Hugh Salvesen places a wreath of poppies in remembrance of those who died in the service of others.

 
###