SHINING BRIGHT - 30,000 FEET INTO THE SKY
Fri, May 08, 2015
On Friday 8th May, it will be VE Day, when the Royal British Legion Representatives, Coleraine Branch and Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, will host a small recognition for all those who fought in the Second World War. Throughout the UK, many Council’s will be shining a ‘beacon’ to acknowledge VE Day at 9.30pm on the 8th of May. Causeway Cost and Glens Borough Council will be one of few in Northern Ireland, which will be acknowledging this event also with a ‘beacon’. (Please see programme below). The event will also be attended by the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and Clerk to the Lord Lieutenant, Mr Desmond Hill. Public are invited to come along to outside Coleraine Town Hall at approximately 8.45pm whereby Madam Mayor, Councillor Michelle Knight-McQuillan will welcome public to the location at 9pm, RBL representatives will arrive and have arranged for a broadcast of what Winston Churchill read during this time in 1945. The event will finish with the Mayor and a veteran plus a cadet, pressing the button and lighting up the ‘beacon’ positioned outside Coleraine Town Hall. The beacon will be unique as it will shine directly into the sky for all to see in the surrounding area. Representatives from the Women’s Institute will also be in attendance, wearing dress relating to that time for photographs and to support the RBL. Lighting of the Beacon VE DayProgramme, 9.30pm 8th May 2015.pdf