Armistice Day observed in VI
Acting Premier Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5), right, was part of the wreath-laying ceremony in observance of Armistice Day at Government House on November 11, 2023. Photo: GIS
Armistice Day was observed in the Virgin Islands with a wreath-laying ceremony at Government House on November 11, 2023. Photo: GIS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month (November 11, 2023) the Virgin Islands paused to mark Armistice Day.
Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy, is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.
The occasion was observed with a wreath-laying ceremony at Government House.
Governor John J. Rankin, CMG was joined by the Acting Premier Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) and Deputy Governor David D. Archer Jr.
Also in attendance were war veterans living in the Territory and staff of the Office of the Governor.
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25 Responses to “Armistice Day observed in VI”
"When am I going to do wteath- laying to honor the genocide of slavery"
We they. Are excuses to do nothing but cast blame.
Too much of that going around.
I know that casting a wreath in the ocean in honor is and has been donein the BVI. The controversy about newcomers behavior resulting in the degradation of our August Monday Festivities are concerns regarding the disruption of the respect and honor of our enslaved ancestors.
When will our people ever learn?
Always “soo” eager to participate in their rituals.
“Opium, from which morphine, heroin, codeine, and papaverine are derived, comes from the milky latex in the unripe seed capsule of the opium poppy.” [FACTS]
Manufactured by them and distributed by them- mostly used for huge profits off the destruction of less fortunate people.
Respect for the dead and living is in short supply in the BVI!
Papaver Somniferum, the opium poppy, is the narcotic flower of pain relief that does NOT grow in western Europe.