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Remembrance Day is an annual Gettysburg Battlefield event for the anniversary of the 1863 Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg during which President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Starting in 1868, the ceremonies and Memorial Day address at Gettysburg National Park became nationally known. [citation needed]
Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day, will fall on 11 November, as it does every year. The occasion is also marked on the second Sunday of November, known as Remembrance Sunday , with a ...
November 11: Veterans Day [17] November 15: National Philanthropy Day [18] [19] November 15: America Recycles Day; 4th Thursday in November: Thanksgiving Day [20] Friday after Thanksgiving: Native American Heritage Day [21] December 1: World AIDS Day; December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities [22] December 7: National Pearl ...
The Airborne March is the annual Dutch commemorative event in remembrance of the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944, that began in 1947 and always takes place on the first Saturday in September at Oosterbeek near Arnhem in The Netherlands. Just over 34,800 people took part in the 68th edition of the march in 2014.
TICKETS: Tickets are currently available, starting at $100. ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ SYNOPSIS: J.M. Barrie’s beloved tale is given a comedic edge from the Tony-winning team behind “The Play ...
As the name suggests, the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held, well, on Thanksgiving Day. The parade began this morning at 8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT. There will be an encore broadcast at ...
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.
The annual wreath-laying ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Memorial Plaza, near the Wall of Names. This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Moment of Remembrance ...