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Remembrance is the act of remembering, the ability to remember, or a memorial. Remembrance or Remembrances may also refer to: Events. Category:Remembrance days.
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. [1] The day is also marked by war remembrances in several other non-Commonwealth countries.
The National Service of Remembrance is held every year on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London. It commemorates "the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts". [ 1 ]
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 ...
Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice; Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions; Day of the Young Combatant; Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran; Iron Sword War Memorial Day; Democracy and National Unity Day
The Exchequer of Ireland was also staffed by a number of Remembrancers, headed by the Chief Remembrancer, sometimes known as the Treasury Remembrancer. There are references to a Remembrancer in the early fourteenth century, and the office of Chief Remembrancer existed by 1348, when it was held by Robert de Holywood, later Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland).
Remembrance Day (Hong Kong) (2nd Sunday of November), a day celebrating the end of World War I, World War II, and commemorating the lives lost in the Battle of Hong Kong. Remembrance Sunday (2nd Sunday of November), this is held in the United Kingdom as a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian ...
Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by a small group, including Gwendolyn Ann Smith, [4] Nancy Nangeroni, and Jahaira DeAlto, [5] to memorialize the murders of Black transgender women Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts, [6] and Chanelle Pickett in Watertown, Massachusetts.