Veterans Awareness Week 2005 sees the inaugural Veterans Awareness Week, a national project that aims to raise awareness of veterans' issues and marks their contribution to society. Veterans Awareness Week will be launched in St James's Park on 4th July. Throughout the week there will be: The Veterans Agency hosts a National Calendar designed to promote and co-ordinate the hundreds of events planned to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the first Veterans Awareness Week. To find out more about Veterans Awareness Week and to access the calendar visit the Veterans Agency website | Travelling Exhibition The Imperial War Museum in association with the Big Lottery Fund will be taking a travelling exhibition 'Their Past, Your Future' which illustrates the impact of the Second World War to various locations around the country this year. During February and March the Ministry of Defence hosted the exhibit at the central London Headquarters. The Minister for Veterans', Ivor Caplin MP, said:" This important project is a celebration of the achievements of British and Commonwealth veterans and their success in defending the freedom we enjoy today. "The project combines education and commemoration in a way that helps to pass on the baton of remembrance to future generations. Nine replica exhibitions will visit over 70 different venues across the UK, and over three million visitors are expected to tour the exhibition over the next 15 months. A pupil from Archbishop Tenison's School, Lambeth tries on a WWII Flying Suit at the exhibition in MOD Main Building Visit www.iwm.org.uk for more information. |