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Post by KG on Sept 6, 2010 13:42:34 GMT
The Big Remembrance 24 hour Act of Remembrance on World Maritime Day. Merchant Seafarers on 23rd September. World Maritime Day 2010: Year of the Seafarer To mark World Maritime Day during the International Year of the Seafarer the Principal Chaplain of the global charity Sailors’ Society will be leading a ceremony during which each of the 35,675 names on the National Merchant Navy Memorials in Trinity Gardens, London will be read aloud. The reading of names will commence at 0001hrs on 23rd September and conclude at 2400hrs the same day. More at: www.cisionwire.com/logical-creative-marketing/the-big-remembranceRemember Merchant Seafarers on 23rd September. The Tower Hill memorial which was built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and unveiled in December 1928, stands as a visible reminder of the sacrifices made by Merchant Seafarers in times of military conflict, and who have no grave but the sea. KG
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