Governor General to participate in Remembrance Day events in Ottawa
November 9, 2006
OTTAWA–Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, and His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond will participate in the following activities on
Remembrance Day, Saturday, November 11, 2006:
11:00 a.m.
The Governor General and Mr. Lafond will attend the National Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. The Governor General will lay a wreath on behalf of the people of Canada. OPEN TO MEDIA
12:30 p.m.
The Governor General and Mr. Lafond will host a luncheon at Rideau Hall to pay tribute to this year’s National Silver Cross Mother, Mrs. Alice Murphy. Mrs. Murphy’s son, Corporal Jamie Brendan Murphy, was killed in January 2004 while serving with the Multinational Brigade in Kabul, Afghanistan. The National Silver Cross Mother is chosen annually by the Royal Canadian Legion to represent mothers who have lost children in the military service of our country at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa.
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Media interested in covering this event are asked to contact the Rideau Hall Press Office.
As of today, Canadians are invited to respond to the Governor General’s Remembrance Day BloGG on www.citizenvoices.gg.ca.
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Media information
Lucie Brosseau
Rideau Hall Press Office
(613) 998-0287
www.gg.ca
