The Observance Of Remembrance Day

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Today many Barbadians will gather in National Heroes Square to observe Remembrance Day. In Barbados, Remembrance Day is observed with the holding of an inter-denominational service at the Cenotaph in National Heroes Square (formerly Trafalgar Square). A number of uniformed groups including the Barbados Defence Force, Royal Barbados Police Force, Barbados Fire Service and the Barbados Cadet Corps will be on parade. At the conclusion of the Two Minutes Silence and the Sounding of the Last Post, the Governor-General, the Prime Minister and other specially invited guests including members of the Diplomatic Corps will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph in remembrance of those who died during the two World Wars.



Foot Note:-

Remembrance Day, a day for remembering men in the armed forces who died in the two World Wars, is observed in November each year in the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. The observance follows a pattern set by Britain. The date of observance is the Sunday closest to the anniversary of the last day of World War I, which was November 11, 1918. On that date, the agreement to stop fighting (Armistice) was signed by the warring nations. The location of these observances is generally the cenotaph (meaning empty tomb). The first cenotaph was built in the middle of Whitehall, London; in memory of men of the armed services who died in World War I.

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