Tag: Remembrance Day
Grey skies create somber Remembrance Sunday
(CNS Local Life): One hundred years after the end of the First World War, the Cayman Islands joined with nations around the world to mark the horrors of war and remember those who have given their lives since what was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Cayman dignitaries and surviving veterans stood […]
Remembrance Sunday ceremonies
The annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Grand Cayman will be held at the Cenotaph outside Elmslie Memorial United Church in George Town on Sunday, 10 November. The Cayman Brac ceremony will run simultaneously and will take place in front of the War Memorial Cenotaph in Stake Bay.
Remembrance Day marks centenary of Armistice
(CNS Local Life): This year’s Remembrance Day ceremony, held Sunday, 11 November, joined an international commemoration of the centenary of the Armistice, which ended World War I on that date in 1918, after four years of fighting. The Great War resulted in an estimated 37.5 million casualties, with approximately 8.5 million troops thought to have […]
Cayman set to honour veterans
(CNS Local Life): On Sunday, 12 November 2017 the Cayman Islands will join nations around the world to pay tribute to those veterans who defended their countries during times of war. The annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony will honour all veterans, including those who sacrificed their lives, to serve their country. In Grand Cayman, residents are […]
Cayman to honour veterans on Remembrance Sunday
(CNS Local Life): On Sunday, 13 November, the Cayman Islands will join nations around the world to pay tribute to those veterans who defended their countries during times of war. The annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony will not only honour those veterans who sacrificed their lives in service to their country, but all veterans. The ceremony […]
Cayman remembers fallen veterans
(CNS): Ceremonies were held simultaneously on Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, on Sunday, 8 November, to mark Remembrance Day, which fell on the following day. At 11am, a two-minute silence marked the official observance of the holiday, with this year’s event commemorating all lives lost in World Wars I and II as well as at […]
