Flag-raising ceremony in Scunthorpe will support National Armed Forces Day
To mark the start of the National Armed Forces Day, the Mayor of North Lincolnshire, Councillor Ivan Glover, will raise the flag at Scunthorpe Civic Centre on Monday (June 25).
There will be a parade through Central Park led by the ATC Band at 10.15am before the flag is raised at 10.30am.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
The Armed Forces Day flag will be raised to mark a week of celebrations and it will coincide with ceremonies taking place across the UK.
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The event has been organised for people in North Lincolnshire to celebrate and honour our armed forces of the past, present and future.
The mayor will be joined by Colonel Davis Harris, Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire; Simon Driver, Chief Executive of North Lincolnshire Council; and the Reverend David Eames.
Children from St Hugh's Communication and Interaction Specialist College and Bushfield Road Infant School are expected to attend.
There will also be members of North Lincolnshire Council, members of the Scunthorpe Armed Forces Day Committee, Veteran Associations and members of the Territorial Army and cadet forces.
The celebrations will end on Saturday, June 30 with an event being held at Holme Meadow Recreation Field, Messingham, that all the family will enjoy.
Armed Forces Day is an opportunity for the nation to show its support for the men and women that make up the armed forces.
Councillor Ivan Glover, the Mayor of North Lincolnshire said: "It's a great honour and a privilege to help raise the flag on armed forces day to mark the start of the celebrations.
"This gives us the opportunity to pay tribute to the armed forces past, present and future.
"I will be looking forward to the parade of the ATC Band at 10.15am through central park before the flag is raised at 10.30am.
"I do hope members of the public will take the time to show their support for the men and women who make an outstanding contribution to this country."
Comments
by rover2012
Sunday, June 24 2012, 7:19PM
“I agree with ovl638p, this is about our armed forces & what they have done for our country! that sister wendy has already been abusive to my father who lost his legs in the falklands because he lives on doncaster road & not in some posh expensive house like she claims to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our lads fight to preserve our way of life & freedom of speach, those who ****g them off are clearly COWARDS!!!”
by Mr_Bridger
Friday, June 22 2012, 1:50PM
“Sister_Wendy, I still fail to see the relavnce of your original comments in relation to this news story. What the mayor is wearing has no relivance to the respect that should be shown to our Armed Forces. Likewise to my "mindless and inappropriate" comment, you choose to lable me as some "ex fox hunting Tory or something". I am against Fox hunting if you must know and find animal cruelty of any kind revolting.
Maybe I was a bit hasty in reporting your post, freedom of speech and all that, but we all do things on the spur of the moment that we may regret later. It was a heat of the moment reaction, however, if you were offended by my actions I apologize.
I take your point on your "Has the Mayor ever fought in battle?" and how it might be more appropriate to have someone who had, but these sort of duties are commonly taken on by our Mayoral representatives throughout the country, whether we like it or not. Maybe he has fought for his country, I am not privy to that information. Maybe we should ask him? I am not particularly fond of these Mayoral roles anyway and see them as a waste of taxpayers resources, but that's another subject.
I will now scuttle away and mind my own business and maybe keep my thoughts to myself in future and not respond to such postings which in my opinion are often posted just to get a reaction out of readers and should not be taken seriously anyway. Maybe we should all just agree to disagree. What's that other old saying "you can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time?" ;-)”
by Sister_Wendy
Friday, June 22 2012, 12:50PM
“@ Chris Gawley / Mr _Bridger
I want to know if the Mayor is wearing animal furs. If he is, why is he and who paid for them?
I quoted the well known campaign headline "It takes up to 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat but only one to wear it".
For this, you think I'm mindless and inappropriate? You scuttled off and reported me? Oh, dear.
Are you an ex fox hunting Tory or something? If not, kindly mind your own business.
Has the Mayor ever fought in battle? I think the flag should be raised by someone who has!!! We owe our service personal a lot, we owe our Mayor nothing.”
by Mr_Bridger
Friday, June 22 2012, 12:12PM
“Well said "ovl638p", mindless comments by the usual crowd of fools that frequent this website. No respect for anyone but themselves. I have reported them both for inappropriate comments.”
by ovl638p
Thursday, June 21 2012, 8:33PM
“Should we not be commenting on how much we owe to our armed forces rather than poking fun at the Mayor? Have either of you had the bottle to fight in battle? I suspect not!”
by Ray_Vonn
Thursday, June 21 2012, 2:49PM
“He's wearing the Labour Red mayoral gowns.”