Remembrance marked at home in 100-year first
SCOTS will be asked to mark Remembrance Sunday in their own homes this year as events in Scotland and the rest of the UK are to be scaled back due to Covid-19.
Remembrance events will take place in Glasgow’s George Square, including a Garden of Remembrance led by Legion Scotland from October 27.
There will be a laying of wreaths by representatives of the City Council, Scottish and UK Governments, and the armed and emergency services, on November 8.
But there will be no parade, no veterans except those invited and no call for the public to attend.
John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister, is expected to represent the Scottish Government as he did last year, while First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will attend a national event in Edinburgh.
The two minutes silence will be observed by those in attendance at 11am.
It will be the first time in the Cenotaph’s 100-year history that the traditional 11am service will be closed off to the public.
Philip Braat, Glasgow’s Lord Provost, said: “Sadly the situation with the pandemic means our remembrance events have necessarily had to be curtailed for safety reasons.”
His comments come as veterans minister Johnny Mercer has said Remembrance Sunday will be “a little bit different” this year.
Former Army officer Mercer said everything would be done to commemorate the fallen in the “correct way”.