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Recent Patriotic
Forum meetings and activities |
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During recent months The Patriotic
Forum has staged the following activities, and meetings addressed by the
prominent people featured below :-
April 2018 |
In April
2018 The Patriotic Forum held a
special event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the foundation
of the RAF. This consisted of a short ceremony at |
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March 2018 |
In March The Patriotic Forum staged a meeting
which was addressed by Mr.John Petley,
the Operations Manager of The Campaign
for an Independent Britain. In a powerful and indeed inspiring speech
entitled “The Rocky Road to Brexit” Mr.Petley recounted how the “Vote Leave” campaign triumphed
in 2016, and how, in spite of severe problem still confronting the Brexit negotiations, he was confident that |
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February 2018 |
The Patriotic Forum celebrated New Zealand Day 2018 by staging
a day of events to honour the memory of Sir George
Grey KCB, who served twice as Governor of New Zealand and subsequently became
the 11th Prime Minister of New Zealand. The events started with a
visit to Sir George Grey’s grave and memorial in St.Paul’s
Cathedral, where due respects were paid, and then the Patriotic Forum party adjourned to a near-by hostelry where Mr.
Gary Vincent gave a fascinating and extremely well-researched PowerPoint
presentation about the life and career of this great Imperial hero. |
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January 2018 |
The Patriotic Forum held two events during January 2018.
Australia Day was celebrated with a brief ceremony at the bust of Sir Arthur
Phillip (the founder of Sydney and the first Governor of New South Wales) in the
City of London, and then a meeting was held which was addressed by Mr. George
Major, the President of The Pearly
Kings and Queens Guild about the history of the Pearly Kings and Queens
movement, and Cockney culture in general. |
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September 2017 |
In
September 2017 The Patriotic Forum
celebrated Gibraltar Day by staging a visit to |
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August 2017 |
In August
2017 The Patriotic Forum held a belated
celebration of Canada Day by making a trip to Westerham,
where they visited several sites associated with General James Wolfe. |
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June 2017 |
In June The Patriotic Forum held a meeting
which was addressed by Mr. Gary Cartwright, who has worked for over a dozen
years for various UKIP and other EuroSceptic MEPs at the European Parliament in Brussels, and who gave
some riveting insights into the internal machinations of that institution! |
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January 2017 |
On Burns’
Night, Wednesday 25th January, The
Patriotic Forum organized a special supper to celebrate the occasion in
the City of |
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