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Since 1940, [4] the National War Memorial is the site of the national Remembrance Day ceremony, organized every year by the Royal Canadian Legion for 11 November. Along with Canadian war veterans, the ceremony is attended by the governor general, sometimes members of the Canadian royal family, the prime minister, the Silver Cross mother, representatives of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal ...
A Remembrance Day parade and service in Bridgetown, Barbados, 2019. In Barbados, Remembrance Day is not a public holiday. It is recognised as 11 November, but the parade and ceremonial events are carried out on Remembrance Sunday. [13] The day is commemorated to recognise the Barbadian soldiers who died fighting in the First and Second World Wars.
Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday of November every year to honour Britain’s war dead.. In 2023, it follows neatly one day after Armistice Day on Saturday 11 November, which ...
In Nova Scotia, addressed in the Remembrance Day Act, which prohibits employers from allowing employees to work and prohibits employees from working with exceptions for required services. [21] Employers have the option of giving Remembrance Day or an alternate day off. Not a statutory holiday in Quebec and Ontario. December 26: Boxing Day
The Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial is a memorial in Ottawa, Ontario, commemorating approximately 900 Canadian law enforcement officers killed in the course of their duties. Dedicated in 1994, it is located at the northwest corner of the Parliament Hill grounds, overlooking the Ottawa River.
"Trans Flag" by Ottawa graphic designer Michelle Lindsay, debuted at the 2010 Ottawa Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Ottawa Trans Library, founded by Tara Sypniewski in the Hintonburg neighbourhood, opened on May 29, 2022, [1] reflecting Sypniewski's deep involvement in Ottawa's transgender community since the 1980s. Functioning as a non ...
Former President Trump took part in an event in Miami on Monday night to mark the anniversary of Hamas’s attack against Israel. Earlier in the day, Trump visited the grave site of an Orthodox ...
The Anglican Church of Korea also celebrates the day to commemorate, in particular, the Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Korean War with a service at the Seoul Anglican Cathedral. In New Zealand an attempt was made to change Armistice Day to Remembrance Sunday after World War II but it was a failure, partly owing to competition from ...