City of York Council say that the Remembrance parade will be held this year on Sunday, November 10 and wend its way through the city centre with a host of road closures as it progresses.
The parade is usually led by Lord Mayor of York, who this year is Cllr Margaret Wells, and the Civic Party starting at the Assembly Rooms in Blake Street and walking to Memorial Gardens in Leeman Road to pay their respects.
The ceremony will begin with the ‘Ode to the Fallen’, ahead of the ‘Last Post’ and a gun salute at 11am.
Prayers and a wreath laying will follow, after which the parade will return to St Helen’s Square, where the flag at the Mansion House will be lowered to half-mast. The day is the last time the Mansion House will be in use for the best part of a year as a major renovation project gets underway.
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