2016-2017

News Release

REF NO.: 7

SUBJECT: Merchant Navy Day commemoration

DATE: September 14, 2016

The Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans Association and Company of Master Mariners-N.L. Division will commemorate Merchant Navy Day and honour the 19th anniversary of the unveiling of the Merchant Navy Memorial on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 12 p.m.

The ceremony will take place at the Merchant Navy Memorial outside of the Marine Institute on Memorial University’s Ridge Road campus. The 2016 commemoration will consist of a civil and religious ceremony.

Relatives and families of veterans, the public and media are welcome to attend.

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