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Article: In dignity and solemnity, the sacrifice of past and present generations was saluted
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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GENERATIONS of soldiers who laid down their lives in war were
remembered at cenotaphs around Northern Ireland.
Dignitaries played their part in ceremonies of potent solemnity -
but the day belonged to families, some remembering long-dead
relatives in faded photographs, others loved ones serving in the
Army in the present day.
Some had both in their hearts.
Crowds began gathering from around 10.30am around Belfast City
Hall, the morning sun seeming to shine respectfully on them.
The service opened with a procession including the Lord Mayor of
Belfast Naomi Long, Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Belfast, Mary
Peters, and other civic personalities. They were joined by
representatives of the ...