The Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei Mensah joined the 4th Garrison in the 74th Cenotaph Remembrance Service held on Monday, November 11, 2019 at Adum, Kumasi for veterans who sacrificed their lives in the World War I and II.

November 11 of each year is set aside as a day to pay tribute to all the men who have served and continue to serve in their high level of professionalism , dedication and courage and to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace.

The Armistice, which ended World War 1, became effective at 1100 hours of November 11, 1918. After World War II the Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day to remember those who died in both world wars and instituted as a National Day of Remembrance. It underscores the paramount need not to only stop wars but also to pursue the idea of peace all cost and all times as the only condition for the survival of the human race.

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The program held at Adum infront of Poku Trading Supermarket saw various members of the Diplomatic Corps, Traditional Rulers and Service Commanders.

The GOC (General Officer Commanding) of the Central Command, Brigadier Gen. Joseph Aphor and the chief of Bantama (Bantamahene) Nana Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatia V were present at the event plus a host of guests.

Following the service, the central element of Remembrance Day is the two-minute silence sounded by a siren at the Eleventh hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month of the year. All movements were ceased during the silence so that in the perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on the revered remembrance of the glorious dead.

Artificial poppies during the day are sold as a means of raising funds to support the veterans especially the disabled and the hospitalized.

A wreath was laid as the invited guests later signed the remembrance book at the venue.