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Press Releases
November 2008
Remembrance Day
 War Veterans and other uniform groups during the 2008 Remembrance
Day Parade at the National Heroes Park in memory of the soldiers that fell in the World Wars. A moment of silence was observed on Sunday 9 Nov 08 at the National Heroes Park to remember those soldiers who fell in World Wars I and II. A one-gun salute signaled the beginning and ending of the two-minute period of silence. The day marked the 90th Anniversary of World War I.  The Governor-General Laying a wreath on the cenotaph
In attendance at the Remembrance Day service were the Governor-General His Excellency Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, the Minister of Security, Colonel (Ret’d) Trevor MacMillan and the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Stewart Saunders. The Chief of Defence Staff laid a wreath on behalf of the Jamaica Defence Force.  Soldiers guarding the cenotaph as wreaths were laid in remembrance of those who fell in The Great War. The cenotaph, where several wreaths were laid, sang the praises of the men of Jamaica whose “Name Liveth For Evermore”. Remembrance Day signifies the ending of the Poppy Appeal (the sale of the poppy flower to fund war veterans) and the last official day in which the Poppy is worn.
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