2010-2011

News Release

REF NO.: 64

SUBJECT: Marine Institute hosts Remembrance Day ceremony Nov. 10

DATE: November 8, 2010

The Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University of Newfoundland will host a Remembrance Day ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m.
The ceremony will take place at the Merchant Navy and Navy Memorial directly in front of the main entrance of the Marine Institute’s Ridge Road campus.
Members of the media are invited to attend.
During the ceremony, wreaths will be laid by a number of groups and associations, including the Marine Institute; Memorial University; the Company of Master Mariners; the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers; Canadian Forces-Naval Engineering School (St. John’s detachment); the Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans Association – NL Branch; HMCS-CABOT; Canadian Forces Station-St. John’s; the Marine Institute Student Union; and the Crow’s Nest Officer’s Club.
Canadian Forces students from the Marine Institute’s Marine Engineering Technical Training Program and the Naval Combat Systems Technical Training Program will also take part in the ceremony.
Following the service, a reception will be held inside the Marine Institute.
 

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