The Tribune

GOVERNOR General Sir Arthur Foulkes will speak and lay a wreath at the pre-memorial service this Remembrance Sunday, November 10.

It takes place at the Bahamas Veterans Cemetery before the memorial service, which is at 11am at Christ Church Cathedral.

The ecumenical service will be followed by a parade and a second service at the Garden of Remembrance.

Participating in the parade are marching youth bands and youth groups, including the Boy Scouts, Guides, Boys Brigade, church youth groups, cadet sections of the police and defence forces and government uniform branches.

At the Garden of Remembrance a brief interdenominational service will be held followed by the laying of wreaths by the diplomatic corps and other non government organisations at the base of the Cenotaph.

King George V was the first to institute Remembrance Day, when on November 7, 1919, he set aside a day during November to remember British soldiers killed during World War One.

The Bahamian Government made the decision to commemorate Remembrance Day on the nearest Sunday to November 7 by designating the 2nd Sunday in November as Remembrance Day.

The 2nd Annual Remembrance Day Concert - A Tribute to The Royal Bahamas Police Force, from the Nassau City Opera Company and Nassau Chamber Ensemble, is on Friday, November 8 at 8pm at Christ Church Cathedral in George Street. Tickets are $25.

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