Remembrance Day
Today is Remembrance Day – a day set aside to remember not only those who gave their lives in various armed conflicts, but also those who lived to tell their story of events as they unfolded.
Take time to honor our heroes.
Military heroes did not necessarily die in battle. Some did not experience gunfire.
All have one thing in common -- a willingness to serve their country and to protect those they loved.
They all contributed to whatever freedoms we enjoy today.
Take a moment to remember and say thank you. To all of you who have served your country in whatever capacity, know that the world remembers and thanks you.
Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day or, in the USA, Veterans Day (the 11th of November) marks the signing of the armistice to signal the end, at 11 a.m. on 11th November 1918, of World War One, "the War to end all Wars". The dead of World War II and Korea, and of all other wars are also remembered. In Britain, Canada and much of the Commonwealth, and in France, Belgium and other parts of Europe, it is observed with two minutes of silence. Government and banks close in Canada. Paper poppies are sold in England and Canada, the proceeds going to war veterans. In the United States it is observed as a legal holiday. Wreaths of poppies are laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London on the second Sunday in November and there are remembrance services in many British churches on the same day.
The victory of World War II and the memorial for its dead is celebrated on different days in different countries. In France it is on the 8th of May and in Latvia on the 9th. Estonia celebrates it on Midsummer's Eve, 23 June.
In the Netherlands there is a 2 minute silence on 4th May, which marks the liberation of Holland at the end of World War II. May 5 is a public holiday every 5th year.
ANZAC Day (25 April) commemorates the slain of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps who died in World War I at Gallipoli, in Flanders and elsewhere around the world. It is observed in Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tonga and Western Samoa.
Greece and Cyprus celebrate "Ochi Day" on 28 October. This is the day on which the prime minister, Metaxas, said "No" (Ochi in Greek) to the invasion by the Italians of Albania, thus effectively entering the war.
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Take time to honor our heroes.
Military heroes did not necessarily die in battle. Some did not experience gunfire.
All have one thing in common -- a willingness to serve their country and to protect those they loved.
They all contributed to whatever freedoms we enjoy today.
Take a moment to remember and say thank you. To all of you who have served your country in whatever capacity, know that the world remembers and thanks you.
Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day or, in the USA, Veterans Day (the 11th of November) marks the signing of the armistice to signal the end, at 11 a.m. on 11th November 1918, of World War One, "the War to end all Wars". The dead of World War II and Korea, and of all other wars are also remembered. In Britain, Canada and much of the Commonwealth, and in France, Belgium and other parts of Europe, it is observed with two minutes of silence. Government and banks close in Canada. Paper poppies are sold in England and Canada, the proceeds going to war veterans. In the United States it is observed as a legal holiday. Wreaths of poppies are laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London on the second Sunday in November and there are remembrance services in many British churches on the same day.
The victory of World War II and the memorial for its dead is celebrated on different days in different countries. In France it is on the 8th of May and in Latvia on the 9th. Estonia celebrates it on Midsummer's Eve, 23 June.
In the Netherlands there is a 2 minute silence on 4th May, which marks the liberation of Holland at the end of World War II. May 5 is a public holiday every 5th year.
ANZAC Day (25 April) commemorates the slain of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps who died in World War I at Gallipoli, in Flanders and elsewhere around the world. It is observed in Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tonga and Western Samoa.
Greece and Cyprus celebrate "Ochi Day" on 28 October. This is the day on which the prime minister, Metaxas, said "No" (Ochi in Greek) to the invasion by the Italians of Albania, thus effectively entering the war.
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