Hartlepool Maritime Festival & Veterans Day July 5, 2008

Veterans Day Event Area
Land next to Mecca Bingo

This year’s Hartlepool Maritime Festival welcomes an exciting associated event in the form of a series of activities to mark Veterans Day. Visitors to this year’s event can expect to see thrilling live military displays, recruitment stands, plus other MoD assets from all the armed forces. Local school children are playing an important part in the celebrations and the results from an arts project on this theme will be on display.

Hartlepool veterans will also be taking part in an intergenerational project in which they will be visiting school children throughout the town to tell of their individual experiences in the service. This includes a school art competition, exhibition and interactive workshop.

Saturday 5th July:
Pipes and Drums of 40th Regiment
1pm – 1.30pm and 3pm – 3.30pm

Sea Cadet Band
1.30pm – 2pm

Fellowship Choir
2.30pm – 3pm and 3.30pm – 4pm

Sunday 6th July:
Veterans Day Event Area
Land next to Mecca Bingo

Veterans Award Ceremony – across the festival site (except Nav. Point)
12 noon – 1pm

Pipes and Drums of the 40th Regiment
1pm – 1.30pm

Heugh Gun Battery Cadet Drill Competition 1.30pm – 2.30pm

Sea Cadet Band
3pm – 3.30pm

Fellowship Choir
3.30pm – 4pm

Veteran’s Sunset Parade - across the festival site (except Nav. Point) 4pm – 4.15pm

Blue badge parking available. Free event, suitable for all ages. Full details of festival on the website.

Contact
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Name: Claire Munroe
Phone: 01429 523445
Email: claire.munroe@hartlepool.gov.uk

Official Website: http://www.hartlepoolmaritimefestival.co.uk