Horowhenua Star“We honour the sacrifices made in the pursuit of peace and freedom,” Mayor Bernie Wanden told those assembled at the Levin Cenotaph to remember Armistice Day.
Linda Fletcher leaves the Cenotaph after laying a wreath. Photo Janine Baalbergen
“We are reminded of the immediate impact of World War 1. Millions lost their lives, families were torn apart and nations changed forever. And its effects reach far beyond the battlefield. We are reminded of the cost of war and the value of peace.”
He said he hoped the memory of this Armistice Day, a day of deep significance, would inspire everyone to strive for a world where the devastation of war was a memory, not a reality.
Armistice Day bugler Andrew Willis. Photo Janine Baalbergen
The Armistice was signed at 11am on November 11, 1918. It officially ended the First World War.
This year’s service in Levin was led by Lindsay Duncan of the RSA Executive. Noel MacDonald was the piper, while Andrew Willis was bugler. Students of Waiopehu College sang the national anthem and its head students, Phoenix Tassell and Flos de Joras, read the poem In Flanders Fields.
Derek Kaa read The Ode in te reo Māori, while RSA president Bruce Prescott read it in English.
Wreaths were laid after the service.
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