TRAFALGAR DAY
The following is an extract from, a circular letter re Trafalgar Day, 21st October, from the Headquarters of the Navy League to the local branch secretary :—"lt: — "It has been arranged that the Nelson Column, in Trafalgar-square, shall be decorated as in previous years with appropriate wreaths commemorative of the gallant deeds of the British Navy, to which will be added appropriate floral tributes to our chivalrous enemies of a. former time who are now our comrades in arms. Wreaths will also be placed upon the Column to the memory of the officers and men. of each ship lost in the present war. Everything possible will be done to make the anniversary one which will stimulate patriotic effort, and which will bring more closely to the hearts and the thoughts of our peopl* their entire dependence for their Imperial safety and for the prestige of the British name upon the maintenance of British sea-power in co-operation with the sea-power of our Allies in this war." The Wellington Branch has sent, on behalf of the joint branches of the league in New Zealand,, a frozen' wreath of native foliage and flowers in a large block of ice to be placed at the base of i the Column.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 71, 22 September 1915, Page 2
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208TRAFALGAR DAY Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 71, 22 September 1915, Page 2
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