Foreign residents living in Camposol held on the morning of 11 November a ceremony to commemorate Armistice Day in the "Garden of Memory", located in sector A of the development. The event was attended by the Mayor of Mazarron, Campillo Gines, Councilman for the Care of Foreign Residents, Jose Gomez, the Councillor for Culture, Tourism and Education, Maria Celeste Soria, the Mayor of Social Policy, Equality and Health, Maria Martinez, Councillor for Citizen Participation and the Environment, David Fernandez and the opposition councilor, Alicia Jimenez.
They, along with more than a hundred foreign nationals have participated in a Mass officiated by the Rev. Len Eaton of the Church of St. Nicholas. A two minute silence in memory of soldiers and civilians killed in war also took place. After the ceremony, those present, who wore on their lapels the popular poppy which has made a donation to needy ex-combatants, proceeded to offer wreaths also in remembrance. These offerings of plants are then grown in the garden.
The Mayor of Mazarron, Ginés Campillo, has provided a small pine tree from the municipal nursery representing the City. Those in attendance also placed along the garden a variety of crosses, adorned by the popular poppy which symbolizes this day and of which some were engraved of the names of loved ones who have been victims of war. All members of the corporation wore on their lapels their paper poppies and even sung the hymns of the ceremony which was held entirely in English.
Armistice Day or Remembrance Day is a day to remember the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. This celebration takes place on November 11 as the official end of World War I, since major hostilities formally ended the war at 11 am on 11 November 1918, with Germany.
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