Date/Time
Thursday 6 June 2024 - 00.00
Location
Help commemorate D-Day 80 on Thursday 6 June.
At 8am, hear the reading of the D-Day Proclamation in Castle Street, read by the Farnham Town Crier.
At 10.45am there will be a schools’ commemoration in Gostrey Meadow, which will include a 2 minute silence.
From 7.30-9.30pm there will be a beacon lighting event:
19:30 Jen Merchant (Vintage/40s vocalist)
20:15 Farnham Brass Band
21:00 BBC Radio broadcast
Guard of honour
Shores of Normandy performed by Kevin Sampson
International Tribute to be read by Brigadier Paul Evans OBE DL
21:15 Beacon Lighting
Farnham Brass Band
21:30 Event finishes
There will also be a charity Tea Tent serving teas, coffees and cakes, as well as Farnham Brewing Company serving locally brewed beer.