Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, joined the Ghana Armed Forces on Friday, November 11th 2022 to celebrate the 77 edition of Remembrance Day.
Bawumia joined veterans, officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces and other security services for the event held at the Christiansburg War Cemetery in Accra.
Remembrance Day, which falls on November 11th every year, is set aside to remember Ghanaian Veterans and others who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
It is a general 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.
Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries.
Dr Bawumia, as the Chairman of the Armed Forces Council, marked the day in the presence of some Ministers of State, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ex-servicemen and other dignitaries.
In 1918, the Armistice which ended World War 1 became effective at 11 am in November 1918 when guns fell silent on the Western Front in France and Belgium and four years of hostilities ended.
Ghana, then Gold Coast and being part of the British Empire also sent troops to fight in this war and some lost their lives.
After World War 2, the Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day to remember those who were killed in both wars and instituted as a National Day of Remembrance.
Red poppies are worn on the day to represent the blood of those who fell in battle to bring peace to those alive and make the world a safer place for mankind.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com
