Remembrance Sunday in Eastleigh
| Published: 5th November 2007 07:48 |
- Remembrance Sunday Service, conducted by Reverend John Owen - Sunday 11th November 2007 at 12.00. To be held at Stoneham Park War Shrine, Eastleigh (use Doncaster Sports Pavilion Car Park) - entrance opposite Cricketer's Arms. With the Senior & Junior Choirs of St Michael & All Angels Church, Bassett
- Remembrance Day Parade - starts in The Square, Fair Oak, at 9.00 on Sunday 11th November & runs along B3354 Botley Road up to Wyvern College, then back to The Square where a Remembrance Day Service will be held from 10.30 to 11.30.
- Remembrance Day procession in Eastleigh Town Centre - 10.50 on Sunday 11th November - a short parade from The Point to the Cenotaph in Leigh Road Recreation Ground, followed by a short service & a march-past by the Royal British Legion & community groups.
Lest we forget . . . Remembrance Sunday commemorates Armistice Day. Armistice Day is on 11 November.
A two minute silence is observed at 11am on 11th day of the 11th month because this is when the Great War, or World War I, came to end in 1918. Now, in the 21st century, this anniversary is also used to remember all the people who have died in wars since World War I. This includes World War II, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, and conflicts in Bosnia, Rwanda and Kosovo.
The Poppy Appeal is run each year by the Royal British Legion, the charity which supports British men and women who serve, or who have served, their country in the British Armed Forces. Most of us will have had family members who served in World War I and/or World War II, not to mention more recent armed conflicts. Please support this very worthwhile cause.
For more information please visit the Royal British Legion website, http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/ or its Poppy Appeal website, http://www.poppy.org.uk
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