Council buildings will light up Red for Remembrance Sunday

Council will light up its three civic buildings red on Sunday 8 November to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.

Each year The Royal British Legion calls on the nation to unite in commemorating Remembrance Sunday. However this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic they are encouraging people across the nations to ensure Remembrance Sunday is still marked appropriately by taking part in remote and socially distanced Remembrance activity, whether that be watching the service on television or pausing for the Two Minute Silence in their home or on their doorsteps.

Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor Jim Montgomery said “Like so many events this year, it is disappointing that we cannot commemorate Remembrance Sunday as we have done previously. However on behalf of the people of the Borough the Deputy Mayor & I will be laying a wreath at each of the five cenotaphs in the Borough to remember and pay homage to the fallen who sacrificed their lives so we could have our freedom – Lest We Forget”.