The First World War came to an end, November 11th, 1918.

The first remembrance day was called Armistice day and happened November 11th, at 11 am in 1919.

The Weyburn Legions Remembrance day service on Saturday will be lead by John Ferrier, Chaplain, Weyburn's Royal Canadian Legion #47.

Chaplains give people a non-threatening option to talk to about whatever they have gone through or currently going through.

Ferrier and Marj McLeod are the chaplains for the Royal Canadian Legion #47 in Weyburn.

Ferrier talks about the importance of Remembrance Day.

"It's not an attempt to glorify or embellish war, but it is an opportunity to remember the enormous sacrifices that were made so we can have what we have today."

It can be hard for Veterans to talk about their experiences of war.

"They've been really reluctant to talk about their experiences, other than with other fellows and women that they served with and so Remembrance day also becomes an opportunity to maybe encourage them to talk about those experiences."

Ferrier, as Chaplain, teaches young people on the importance of honoring those who have fought in wars around the world.

"I tell the young folks to think about what we have today as a gift. Suppose your aunt or your uncle or your parents give you a really, really, super Christmas present. It would be really unkind or ungrateful to not say thank you for that."

The last Canadian veteran passed away in 2010, John Babcock of Ontario.

Ferrier said that we so easily forget things from the past, never having had a war on Canadian soil in our lifetime, makes a difference to how people relate to the world around us.

He said how in European countries even the really young people that weren't even born in the second world war remember it because family members were part of it.

"Over the years the community has supported remembrance day very, very well," said Ferrier, who went on to talk about how there was a recent report about "millennials" are taking more of an interest in remembrance day.

"I think that's an encouraging sign, that those who haven't thought too much about remembrance day beginning to realize the incalculable cost of the freedom and prosperity that we enjoy, I think that it would be really cruel almost to forget about remembrance day."

Ferrier is looking forward to Remembrance day at the Legion Hall and the laying of the wreaths at the cenotaph beside City Hall.