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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.
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 ...
Remembering Reconstruction: Struggles over the Meaning of America's Most Turbulent Era, published in 2017 by Louisiana State University Press, edited by Carole Emberton and Bruce E. Baker, with an introduction by W. Fitzhugh Brundage, is a collection of ten essays by historians of the Reconstruction era who examine the different collective memories of different social groups from the time of ...
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 ...
The White House says the monuments are a reminder that America cannot deny its history and the nation moves toward healing. Emmett Till, 14, with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago.
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
Because the cemetery dedication at Gettysburg occurred on November 19, that day (or the closest weekend) has been designated as Remembrance Day. [1] Initially coordinated the Grand Army of the Republic, Remembrance Day is held on a weekend. [2] and the Consecration anniversary was resolved "Dedication Day" by the U.S. Congress in 1949.