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11/11/2015
Stormont To Be Lit Red To Mark Armistice Day
The Stormont Building in Co Down is to be lit up red for the first time to mark Armistice Day this evening, 11 November.
It was one of four days the Assembly Commission selected itself for the Building to be illuminated during the year.
The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly said: "My involvement in First World War commemorations over this last year has only underlined to me the importance that the Assembly should remember and show respect to the fallen. Therefore, lighting Parliament Buildings red on the 11th November is an important initiative and will follow on from the Act of Remembrance I will lead in the Great Hall to allow Members, staff, the civil service and visitors the opportunity to come together to mark the two minutes silence at 11am.
"Remembrance is very personal, even private, for many. As the Speaker representing an Assembly of diverse views, I am conscious that people will mark remembrance in their own ways being influenced by their own different backgrounds and perspectives."
(CD/LM)
It was one of four days the Assembly Commission selected itself for the Building to be illuminated during the year.
The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly said: "My involvement in First World War commemorations over this last year has only underlined to me the importance that the Assembly should remember and show respect to the fallen. Therefore, lighting Parliament Buildings red on the 11th November is an important initiative and will follow on from the Act of Remembrance I will lead in the Great Hall to allow Members, staff, the civil service and visitors the opportunity to come together to mark the two minutes silence at 11am.
"Remembrance is very personal, even private, for many. As the Speaker representing an Assembly of diverse views, I am conscious that people will mark remembrance in their own ways being influenced by their own different backgrounds and perspectives."
(CD/LM)
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