Message to Dorset Parishes & Towns from Bruno Peek CVO OBE OPR:
Further to my previous email to you regarding D-Day 80, being organised to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings on 6th June next year, I have pleasure in attaching the completed Guide To Taking Part in the event,
with the message from the Prime Minister on page 3, encouraging local communities to take part by lighting a Beacon on 6th June 2024, representing the ‘light of peace’ that emerged from the darkness of war.
The Guide, along with the official logo for the event, and the Certificate of Grateful Recognition, can now be downloaded from our website - www.d-day80beacons.co.uk.
I would be grateful therefore, if at your earliest convenience please, you would be kind enough to undertake the following, especially as every community within the UK would have been involved in the D-Day landings and WW II as a whole, many of which never returned.
(1) Send the attached Guide to all your Town and Parish Councils throughout DORSET, pointing them to page 3, carrying the message from the Prime Minister, encouraging communities to take part by lighting a Beacon at 9.15pm on 6th June 2024, representing the ‘light of peace’ that emerged from the darkness of war, with the Introduction to D-Day 80 on pages 5 - 6, along with the International Tribute on page 18, which we would like read out as their Beacon is being lit that evening.
(2) Pages 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 provides the various types of Beacons that can be used for this special commemoration/celebration event.
(3) Ask those wishing to take part to go to page 31, providing me with the information requested by no later than 30th May 2024 please.
Please be kind enough to undertake the above at your earliest convenience, providing your Town and Parish Councils with plenty of time to plan their involvement.
