The mayor of St Albans will lay a wreath at the city’s war memorial to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
Councillor Teresa Heritage will be joined by councillors and senior council officers, alongside invited representatives from the Royal British Legion.
The event, to be held at the war memorial in St Peter’s Street, will start shortly before noon on Friday, August 15.
This date marks 1945's VJ Day, when Japan's surrender to the Allied forces concluded the Second World War.
The town crier, Stephen Potter, will read a proclamation in memory of those who perished.
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Rev'd Vanessa Jefferson, precentor at St Albans Cathedral, will then lead a two-minute silence at noon nationwide.
The union flag will fly from St Albans Museum and Gallery as a further mark of respect.
Councillor Heritage said: "It is a great honour to lead the district’s celebrations of this important occasion, VJ Day 80.
"I hope many of our residents will join me at the war memorial as a wreath is laid and the silence observed in memory of all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and way of life.
"We will always remember them."
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