BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, NOVEMBER 12TH 2010 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis will on Sunday remember its nationals who fought and died in the two World Wars.
The traditional National Day of Remembrance to those who gave their lives in World War I from 1912 to 1918 and World War 11 from 1939 to 1945 will be observed with the Laying of Wreaths at the War Memorial or Cenotaph on the Bay Road.
The Service commences at 8 ‘o’ clock in the morning with the firing of a gun signaling the observance of two minutes silence and the playing of The Last Post.
Representatives of the St. Kitts Evangelical Association and the St. Kitts Christian Council will conduct the service which will end with the laying of wreaths.
Wreaths are laid by His Excellency the Governor General, the Hon. Prime Minister, representatives of the British Government, the British Commonwealth Ex-Servicemen League, the Commander of the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force, the Commissioner of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, the Nurses, Red Cross, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, Scouts, Guides, the 4-H and Seventh Day Adventist Pathfinders.
