{"id":4373,"date":"2025-11-15T05:49:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:59:06","slug":"80th-veterans-remberance-day-marked-in-koforidua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/80th-veterans-remberance-day-marked-in-koforidua\/","title":{"rendered":"80TH VETERAN&#8217;S REMBERANCE DAY MARKED IN KOFORIDUA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), together with other security services, commemorated the 80th Veterans Remembrance Day on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. The Day, also known as Poppy Day, is observed annually across the country to honour Ghanaian veterans and others who lost their lives during the First World War. It is also marked across member states of the Commonwealth of Nations to pay tribute to the gallant men of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0079-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0079-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0079-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0079-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0079-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0079.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><br \/>\nIn the Eastern Region, the Day was observed at the Koforidua Jackson Park. The Regional Chairman of the Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG), Ex-Warrant Officer Class One (WOI) Mensah John, read the Binyon Verses. A two-minute silence was observed, followed by the sounding of the siren at the eleventh hour as a mark of reverence to all fallen heroes.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0080-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0080-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0080-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0080-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0080-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0080-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260116-WA0080.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Eastern Regional Minister, Mrs. Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, laid the first wreath on behalf of the people of the region. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Infantry, Michel Camp, Ghana Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Adams, laid the second wreath on behalf of the security agencies. The Regional Chairman of the Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG), Ex-WOI Mensah John, laid the third wreath on behalf of the veterans, while Okyeame Owusu Baafi laid the fourth on behalf of the traditional authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), together with other security services, commemorated the 80th Veterans Remembrance Day on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. The Day, also known as Poppy Day, is observed annually across the country to honour Ghanaian veterans and others who lost their lives during the First World War. It is also marked across member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4377,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions\/4377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternregion.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}