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The memorial, in its 72nd year was held to commemorate the 1948 shooting of three World War veterans on their way to the Christianborg Castle in Osu.
Dr. Bawumia performed a wreath laying ceremony at a monument erected for the three soldiers.
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Veterans
The event that precipitated the country’s struggle for independence, is marked annually in honour of the three ex-servicemen who were killed during a peaceful march to the Christiansborg Castle on February 28, 1948.
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The three – Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey — all members of the then Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force, were killed by the colonial police while marching peacefully to the Castle to present a petition to the then Governor, Sir Gerald Creasy.