LISBURN will fall silent on Sunday as the city pauses to remember all those who made the supreme sacrifice in two world wars and many subsequent conflicts, including Afghanistan and Iraq.
Pictured at the launch of the Poppy Appeal in Lisburn when the Mayor of Lisburn, Councillor Allan Ewart laid the first poppy at the War Memorial are (l-r): Mr John Jamieson, Chairman of the Lisburn Branch of the Royal British Legion; Mr Jim Rose,
The main parade in Lisburn will gather at the Royal British Legion in Sackville Street at 10.30am. The parade will then move off and make its way along Wallace Avenue, Railway Street and Castle Street to the war memorial, where a wreath laying ceremony will be held and a minutes silence observed at 11am.
Following the laying of wreaths by the Royal British Legion and representatives of the armed forces and youth associations, the parade will make its way through the city centre to Christ Church for a remembrance service.
Following the service the parade will return to Sackville Street via Bow Street, Antrim Street, Railway Street, Bachelors Walk and Wallace Avenue.
Elsewhere in the city there will be smaller remembrance ceremonies held. Lisburn's Deputy Mayor Alderman Paul Porter will be attending wreath laying ceremonies in Dunmurry at 9am, Hilden at 10am and Hillsborough at 11am.
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