Photograph - Photo, Pilgrimage to the Shrine 2000, 2000

Historical information

Wreath laying ceremony for widows at the Cenotaph at the Shrine of Remembrance in 2000. This is an annual event for Legacy widows at the start of Legacy Week, which is the first week in September. Sometimes referred to as Pilgrimage to the Shrine, there was usually a church service, a service at the Shrine and a lunch afterwards.
Photos show two ladies and the Legacy President David Kelly laying three wreaths at the Cenotaph. On the left is Joyce Cleaves from the ILLC (Intermediate Legacy Ladies Club which was for Junior Legatees who had outgrown the youth activities). On the right is Joan Miller who was widows representative on the Melbourne Legacy Board).
A similar photo appeared in the October 2000 edition of The Answer.

Significance

A record of a ceremony at the Shrine in 2000.

Physical description

Colour photo x 2 of the president and two widows laying a wreath at the Shrine.

Inscriptions & markings

00525.1 printing on the back " 3491"
00525.2 printing on the back " 3491" which is the negative frame number and film number, so they from the same film. See also 00527 for others from this film.

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