Reading Remembrance Service and Parade
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On Sunday 9 November members of public are invited to attend the Remembrance Service at Reading Minster at 9.25am followed by a march through the town centre to the Forbury Gardens at 10.15am. The Remembrance Ceremony at the Forbury War Memorial will include the laying of wreaths and a two-minute silence at 11am.
Reading Humanists have attended the service, joined the parade and laid a wreath since 2022.
For more information on Humanist UK view on remembrance ceremonies:
https://humanists.uk/campaigns/secularism/government-and-faith-communities/remembrance-ceremonies/
A couple of years ago, Len reflected on his experience of attending the service: https://reading.humanist.org.uk/community/remembrance-day-an-anthropologists-view/