ROADTOWN Tortola BVI, October 23, 2013 - The Deputy Governor’s Office is informing the public that Remembrance Day will be celebrated on Sunday, November 10 and Poppy Appeal will begin on Saturday, October 26 and conclude on Remembrance Day.
The Remembrance Day Service will be held at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College on Sunday, November 10 at 3:00 p.m. All uniformed organisations and ex-service men and women are invited to participate.
In an effort to recognise all service men and women in the Territory at the service, ex-service men and women are invited to register with the Deputy Governor’s Office by providing information on their time of service, branch of service, country served and any special medals received by Monday, November 4. This can be done by telephoning Office at 468-3701 extension 2195.
Members of the public are also invited to attend the Remembrance Day Service and are encouraged to purchase poppies and to wear them on that day.
Remembrance Day is celebrated annually to focus our attention on those service men and women who gave their lives that we may continue to live in freedom and democracy.
Poppy and Remembrance Sunday, was started by servicemen and women to make sure later generations never forgot the suffering caused by the 1914-1919 World War. The wearing of poppies on Remembrance Day has become more than a tribute to the dead. It is also a symbol of remembrance, compassion and caring for all victims of war.
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