A VJ Day flag to be raised at 11am at the War Memorial, Peacehaven, and the Kohima Epitaph read. This will be followed by refreshments supplied by RBL at Community House, where there will be repeat showings of the film ‘The Next Morning’, and at 12pm, there will be a 2-minute silence.
In conjunction with refreshments and the film, the Government’s ‘Letters to Loved Ones’ initiative will tie in with the day through a display of memorabilia.
At around 1:30pm in Centenary Park, there will be a tree planting by the Mayor of Peacehaven, Cllr Donovan, where a time capsule, filled with a selection of the letters, will also be buried to commemorate the occasion.
Note: this event may already have ended.
