Remembrance events in Truro to be invite-only with cathedral service streamed live online
People will be able to watch from home
Remembrance events and services in Truro City Centre are set to be invitation only this year due to COVID-19 with the main service to be streamed online so people can watch at home.
Details of the arrangements for Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday were provided by Truro Mayor Bert Biscoe at a meeting of the city council this week.
He explained that new arrangements had been made for all the traditional events in the city so they could follow coronavirus guidelines.
Normally the city hosts one of the biggest Remembrance events in Cornwall with a full parade, wreaths being laid at the war memorial in Boscawen Street and a service at Truro Cathedral.
Crowds of people gather in the city to watch the procession and to attend the service but the Mayor explained that it would all be very different this year.
He explained that the Royal British Legion would be holding a private ceremony to lay its wreaths at the memorial which would not be able to be attended by the public.
There will also be a small service held in the Garden of Remembrance at the back of the Cathedral which will again be invitation only.
The main service held in the Cathedral will take place but it is invitation only and Cllr Biscoe explained that just 100 people would be allowed in the Cathedral.
He said: “The ceremony will be live streamed so people can tune in wherever they are, whether in Truro or further afield.
“It means we will have people see that something is actually occurring to remember and that they will be able to share in those few moments with the people in the Cathedral.”
Cllr Biscoe said that there were also plans to have a memorial at the cathedral constructed using military drums.