Bagpipes were heard in the North End on Sunday morning for Remembrance Day, a British tradition recognized at the Old North Church in cooperation with the British Consulate General and the British Officer’s Club of New England. Many in attendance wore traditional red poppy lapel pins. At a prayer service, there was a reading of In Flanders Field written Read More…
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Remembrance Day Celebration Sunday, November 10
Old North Church will host its annual Remembrance Day Ceremony on Sunday, November 10th at 11 a.m. There will be a service of Morning Prayer followed by wreath laying and festive reception. The British Officers Club of New England will be on hand for the reading of In Flanders Field written during the First World War by Read More…
100th Celebration of Remembrance Day at Old North on Sunday, November 11
The Old North Church and The British Officer’s Club of New England will host the 100th annual Remembrance Day Ceremony on Sunday, November 11. For Veterans Day, two new plaques have been installed at the Iraq-Afghanistan Memorial behind the Old North Church, courtesy of The Soldiers Fund. One plaque describes the dog tags as representing Read More…
Remembrance Day Celebration Sunday, November 12
The British Officer’s Club of New England and The Old North Church will host its annual Remembrance Day Ceremony on Sunday, November 12th. More details below.
Remembrance Sunday at Old North
Remembrance Sunday is held throughout the British Commonwealth on the Sunday closest to Armistice Day, which commemorates the cessation of hostilities at the end of the First World War at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918. Remembrance Day services will be held around the globe on Sunday, November 13th this year. A typical service includes Read More…
Neighborhood Photo: Remembrance Day at Old North Church
Bagpipes were heard in the North End on Sunday morning for Remembrance Day, a British tradition recognized at the Old North Church in cooperation with the British Consulate General and the British Officer’s Club of New England. Many in attendance wore traditional red poppy lapel pins. Remembrance Day is the British name for Veteran’s Day. Read More…