Nottingham to host Armed Forces Day 2013

History and Honour | Nottingham to host Armed Forces Day 2013

mod.uk 22 Aug '12, 10am

Nottingham to host Armed Forces Day 2013

Armed Forces Day 2013 will take place on Saturday 29 June, and plans are already underway in Nottingham to stage a spectacular national event that will honour our Armed Forces past and present. The Nottingham event will be the fifth annual event following the success of Plymouth, which hosted this year's Armed Forces Day, attended by some 60,000 people including the Earl of Wessex. The first Armed Forces Day National Event was held at the Historic Dockyard in Chatham in 2009, and since then the popular occasion has become a firm favourite with the public for them to show their support for the Armed Forces in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the country. Subsequent national celebrations were held in Cardiff in 2010, and Edinburgh in 2011. Armed Forces Day is part of a week-long programme of celebrations, usually taking place during the last week of June, wit...

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@WarfareMagazine » 22 Aug '12, 3pm
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RT @SPVAmod: Nottingham will host the fifth Armed Forces Day in 2013.... [link]
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