Executive Council
November 10, 2008

Media Advisory: Premier to Unveil Plaque Honouring Afghanistan Soldiers

The Honourable Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will unveil a plaque honouring Canadian soldiers involved in the Afghanistan conflict. The unveiling will take place during the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War Memorial on Duckworth Street tomorrow, November 11. Representatives of The Royal Canadian Legion, along with some of the family members of fallen Newfoundland and Labrador soldiers, will also be in attendance.

The ceremony will start at 10:25 a.m. and the unveiling will take place at 10:35 a.m.

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Media contacts:

Elizabeth Matthews
Director of Communications
Office of the Premier
709-729-3960
elizabethmatthews@gov.nl.ca
Roger Scaplen
Press Secretary
Office of the Premier
709-729-4304, 727-0991
rogerscaplen@gov.nl.ca

2008 11 10                                                     11:50 a.m.


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