Following the incredible success of D-Day 80, Carnforth Town Council is excited to announce plans for commemorating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day on 8th May 2025! This significant day marks the end of the war in Europe and WWII, and we want YOU to be part of this International Tribute.
🎉 Get Into the Spirit! 🎉
We encourage residents, local community groups, schools, and businesses to decorate your spaces with poppies, bunting, and banners in red, white, and blue! Let’s transform our War Memorial Gardens and local premises into a vibrant display of remembrance and tribute!
We encourage residents, local community groups, schools, and businesses to decorate your spaces with poppies, bunting, and banners in red, white, and blue! Let’s transform our War Memorial Gardens and local premises into a vibrant display of remembrance and tribute!
🕘 Schedule of Events:
- 9:00 AM: Join us at the War Memorial Gardens for the raising of the unique VE Day 80 Flag and a formal Proclamation by the Town Crier. Mel Guilding
- 6:30 PM: Listen as Church Bell Ringers across the nation “ring out for peace” in honor of this special anniversary.
- 9:00 PM: Gather with us as the Carnforth Community Choir performs a selection of meaningful songs. Candles will be distributed to attendees to light in remembrance.
- 9:30 PM: Witness the lighting of a Beacon by the Town Mayor, followed by the reading of the Nation’s Tribute and a short service led by the Carnforth Community Choir, concluding with the hymn “I Vow to Thee, My Country.”
🕯️ Light Up for Peace
Everyone is invited to participate in the National “Lamp Lights of Peace” initiative by lighting candles – provided by Carnforth Town Council – around the War Memorial, symbolising our collective remembrance of the sacrifices made during WWII.
Everyone is invited to participate in the National “Lamp Lights of Peace” initiative by lighting candles – provided by Carnforth Town Council – around the War Memorial, symbolising our collective remembrance of the sacrifices made during WWII.
📸 Share Your Community Events!
If you’re planning VE Day 80 activities in your community, we’d love to promote them on our website and social media! Please email Leah at admin@carnforthtowncouncil.gov.uk with details and photographs.
Let’s come together to honour the past and celebrate the spirit of peace! ❤️
