Third Hartlepool War Memorial to be lit red to mark Remembrance 2020

Published Tuesday, 10th November 2020

It’s been announced a third Hartlepool War Memorial will be illuminated in red on Armistice Day.

Tomorrow evening – between 5pm and 9pm – Seaton Carew War Memorial and the Victory Square and Redheugh Gardens War Memorials will all be lit up in red.

Denise McGuckin, Hartlepool Borough Council Managing Director, said: “As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve had to look at new and different ways to mark Remembrance and this will be the first time we’ll have lit War Memorials in this way.

“Remembrance allows each and every one of us the opportunity to pay tribute to the men and women of the Second World War generation and to those of all generations.

“Armistice Day is such an important date and one that deserves to be marked with respect and reflection.

“To support this occasion, we feel the new programme of lighting up War Memorials is something for us all to be proud of and commemorates Armistice Day with the due dignity it deserves.”

An online Book of Remembrance is also available to sign at www.hartlepool.gov.uk/remembrance2020