No 997 Monday 13th - Sunday 19th November 2023
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LEV ANTE VE TERANS KEEP A PROMISE TO REMEMBER
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nce again veterans from across the region turned out on Sunday in large numbers at Capilla de las Mil Palmeras, to remember the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life, to keep alive the flame of hope that the loss they gathered to remember was not in vain, and to particularly honour those family, friends and colleagues who gave so much for our freedom.
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Members of the public and veterans were joined in tribute by the British Vice Consul, Sara Munsterhjelm, María Nieves Moreno, the Pilar de la Horadada Councillor for International residents, as well as councillors, political representatives and guests from a number of local municipalities, so as to keep the flame of our freedom burning, to ensure that it is never taken for granted, nor that complacency is allowed to arise in its preservation. This year, the fifteenth occasion that the ceremony has been held in Mil Palmeras, proved to be slightly different. The sad demise of the usual organisers, The Orihuela Costa and District Branch of the RBL, had put the annual service in doubt, but with the mantle picked up by the Levante Veterans Association, there was little difference as the arrangements were seamlessly put in place by local volunteers. Pastor Phil Molloy, of the Pilar Christian Community Church, was also making her debut performance, preaching to a congregation of over 600 attendees, the largest expat Remembrance gathering across the whole of Spain, many of whom were following the event outside, on a large screen, erected by the Pilar council.
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