How Hartlepool is set to pay its tribute on VE Day anniversary
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Although national and local events have had to be scaled back significantly due to the coronavirus emergency, Hartlepool Borough Council says there are still lots of ways people can mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Eurpoe.
At 11am people are encouraged to stand at their front doors and join in a nationwide two-minute silence.
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Hide AdHartlepool Armed Forces Liaison Group is asking standard bearers to present their standards in their gardens and play the Last Post and Reveille.
On the afternoon, a recording of the Mayor of Hartlepool Councillor Brenda Loynes and Hartlepool Armed Forces Liaison Group representatives making a civic toast will be broadcast on the council’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hartlepoolcouncil
At 4pm the page will broadcast a performance of wartime songs from the Town Hall Theatre by 1940s singer Vicky Sandison and will also be streamed to a number of care homes.
Following a TV broadcast of the Queen at 9pm, people are encouraged to open their doors or windows and join in a national singalong of We’ll Meet Again.
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Hide AdCouncil leader Councillor Shane Moore said: “Although we are not able to mark this important anniversary as fully as we would all have wished, we can still come together in spirit as a town and as a nation to give thanks for the remarkable wartime generation and remember the sacrifices they made.
“They are truly an inspiration to us all, especially in the present dark times.”
Hartlepool Support Hub in partnership with Poolie Time Exchange is putting together VE Day celebration packs to go out with deliveries.
Armed Forces Champion Councillor Lee Cartwright added: “We pay tribute to all those who served and gave their lives in the cause of freedom, whether in the Armed Forces or on the home front, remembering also that for some servicemen and women the Second World War continued in the east until Victory over Japan in August 1945.”