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News of the Commemoration Event and Unveiling of the Viscount Memorial on 2nd September 2012 has spread around the world, and continues to do so, but doing that only once is not enough. The Memorial is just the first step to ensure that the Viscount Victims SHALL BE REMEMBERED. Now it is up to us [...]
Meantime, here is an OPEN INVITATION to the Viscount Umniati Remembrance day, taking place at 12:00 noon on 9 February 2013 at the Viscount Memorial situated at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria.
We are hoping to attract 1,000 people help break the deafening silence about Rhodesia’s 911, hushed up at the time by Western leaders for the lack of moral courage to condemn these heinous atrocities against mankind, to save their political carriers for supporting the revolutionary forces of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo to overthrow the Rhodesian Government in the pseudo name of peace and freedom,
The Service will be led by Lt. Colonel, the Reverend Bill Dodgen – the Military Chaplain of the then Rhodesian Armed Forces. Our Master of Ceremonies is the famous Rhodesian musician, Mike Westcott, who will control the program, specially designed to help transform sadness and sorrow to consolation and closure. To that end, the audience may be seated to enjoy two hymns played by the full Benoni High School Pipe Band with beautiful singing by Members of their Choir. (The BHS has won first place in school Pipe Band competitions for over 20 years).
After the service, the 30 piece Pipe Band will lead us to the Recreation (picnic) area for a social gathering and braai, after which the draw for Craig Bone’s painting worth R 100,000 will take place. We are still trying to organise a fly-over between 2pm and 3pm, but this may not be possible due to time and budget constraints. Anyone with a spare Alouette helicopter, Dakota, Vampire and Hawker Hunter is extremely welcome to contact us ASAP.
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Many thanks, Keith Nell and The Viscount Memorial Team.