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Jum it-Tifkira Remembrance Day Commemoration ceremony

Jum it-Tifkira, a Remembrance Day commemorative prayer service and wreath laying ceremony is to be held onThursday, the 11th of November at 10.30am.

The ceremony will include song and mime by the Gozo School of Drama as well as the participation of students from the Gozo College. The Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono, will preside

As the Citadel clock strikes the eleventh hour a minute of silence will be held followed by the Last Post and the Reveille.

Traditional red poppy wreaths will be laid at the foot of the monument commemorating Gozitan victims who perished between the years 1939-1045 by enemy action during the World War II. The monument, known also as Christ the King Monument, is a 1949 work of Italian sculptor Carlo Pisi and was unveiled by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on 7th May 1954.

Photograph shows the Remembrance Day Comemorative service 2009.

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