{"id":13998,"date":"2023-11-10T21:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13998"},"modified":"2023-11-10T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:40:09","slug":"guyana-prepares-to-honor-fallen-heroes-on-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-prepares-to-honor-fallen-heroes-on-remembrance-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Prepares to Honor Fallen Heroes on Remembrance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana is set to observe Remembrance Day on Sunday, November 12, with the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This solemn event pays tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World Wars I and II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commemorative wreath-laying ceremony will commence with a military parade, featuring the presidential salute, the last post, two minutes of silence, the sounding of the reveille, prayers, and the laying of wreaths at the War Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ceremony is a poignant acknowledgment of the 700 British Guianese officers and soldiers who valiantly fought in Egypt, France, Belgium, and East Africa during World Wars I and II, striving for peace and freedom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gomes, President of the Guyana Veteran Legion, shared that five World War II veterans will be present at the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Trichell-Remembrance-Day-pk.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gomes emphasized that the wearing of a poppy is a symbolic gesture through which citizens pay homage to fallen heroes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This act serves as a reminder of the ongoing global struggle for human dignity, social justice, and freedom from all forms of oppression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy Day, is observed annually on the second Sunday in November by Commonwealth countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony in Guyana stands as a solemn testament to the sacrifices made by the nation&#8217;s servicemen and women, fostering a collective remembrance of their contributions to the cause of freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana is set to observe Remembrance Day on Sunday, November 12, with the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph. This solemn event pays tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14001,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13998\/revisions\/14001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}