Be the first to comment!Jum it-Tifkira Remembrance Day Commemoration next Friday
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Jum it-Tifkira, a Remembrance Day commemorative prayer service and wreath laying ceremony is to be held on Friday, the 11th of November at 10.30am.
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 1939-1945 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 2010.
