Be the first to comment!Jum it-Tifkira Remembrance Day ceremony held this morning
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Jum it-Tifkira, a Remembrance Day commemorative prayer service and wreath laying ceremony was held this morning Friday, the 11th of November, at Independence Square, Victoria.
As the Citadel clock struck the eleventh hour a minute of silence was held followed by the Last Post and the Reveille.
The Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono, presided over the commemorative ceremony.
Traditional red poppy wreaths were 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.
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