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17/05/2006
Two-minute silence will mark 7/7 anniversary
A nationwide two-minute silence will be held at noon on July 7 2006 to mark the first anniversary of the London bomb attacks, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has announced.
The national silence will be followed by an open air commemorative event in Queen Mary's Gardens in Regent's Park in the early evening. The centrepiece of the event will be a reading aloud of the names of the 52 victims and the event will also include music, readings and songs performed by the London Community Gospel Choir.
Families of those who died, survivors of the bombings and members of the public are expected to attend the event.
Ms Jowell also announced that a permanent memorial to the 52 victims of the attacks will be created in Tavistock Square - where the last of the four bombs exploded on a bus. The memorial, which will be designed in consultation with the families of the victims, will be created in a specially designed garden on the side of the square closest to the attack on the bus.
Ms Jowell said: "The terrorist attacks in London last July were a dark hour in our history. They left 52 grieving families and hundreds of people injured. The lives of many of those caught up in the atrocity will never be the same again.
"Two minutes of silence at noon on July 7 will bring the whole nation together to pay tribute. We will remember the loss of the bereaved families, the suffering of the injured, and all those who selflessly aided them. The silence, the permanent memorial and the commemoration will give us all a way to remember the dead and give a voice to what is still unutterable grief."
Fifty-two people were killed and more than 770 were injured in four explosions on the London transport network on July 7.
(KMcA)
The national silence will be followed by an open air commemorative event in Queen Mary's Gardens in Regent's Park in the early evening. The centrepiece of the event will be a reading aloud of the names of the 52 victims and the event will also include music, readings and songs performed by the London Community Gospel Choir.
Families of those who died, survivors of the bombings and members of the public are expected to attend the event.
Ms Jowell also announced that a permanent memorial to the 52 victims of the attacks will be created in Tavistock Square - where the last of the four bombs exploded on a bus. The memorial, which will be designed in consultation with the families of the victims, will be created in a specially designed garden on the side of the square closest to the attack on the bus.
Ms Jowell said: "The terrorist attacks in London last July were a dark hour in our history. They left 52 grieving families and hundreds of people injured. The lives of many of those caught up in the atrocity will never be the same again.
"Two minutes of silence at noon on July 7 will bring the whole nation together to pay tribute. We will remember the loss of the bereaved families, the suffering of the injured, and all those who selflessly aided them. The silence, the permanent memorial and the commemoration will give us all a way to remember the dead and give a voice to what is still unutterable grief."
Fifty-two people were killed and more than 770 were injured in four explosions on the London transport network on July 7.
(KMcA)
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