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Armistice Day celebrations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 November 1918. Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am [1] for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of ...
Remembrance Day in Sri Lanka, also known as the National War heroes commemoration day, marks the capitulation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the end to the Sri Lankan Civil War on 18 May 2009. The day is a war heroes commemoration day as well as a remembrance day for civilians who died in the war from both sides.
Family albums, genealogical research or anniversaries with personal or familial significance are examples of private or subjective forms of Remembrance Culture. Works from a Remembrance Culture can officially be designated as cultural artefacts or cultural monuments if there is a long-standing public interest.
Services held every 11 November to mourn British soldiers killed in First World War and all subsequent conflicts
September 11 - Patriot Day [20] September 17 - Constitution Day and Citizenship Day [21] last Sun. in September - Gold Star Mother's Day [22] 1st Mon. in October - Child Health Day [23] October 9 - Leif Erikson Day [24] 2nd Mon. in October - Columbus Day [25] October 15 - White Cane Safety Day [26] December 7 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance ...
The two Remembrance dates are marked in the UK by ceremonies across the country in memory of those who have given their lives fighting for their country and its most visible symbol is the poppy ...
Harding would die in 1922, but under him, America underwent one of the most dramatic, explosive economic booms in its history. That would end in 1929 with the great stock market crash and the ...
Front page of The New York Times on 11 November 1918. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was signed near the French town of Compiègne, between the Allied Powers and Germany—represented by Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch and civilian politician Matthias Erzberger respectively—with capitulations having already been made separately by Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary.