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Poppies is a short hand-drawn animation which is broadcast on the BBC's children's channels, CBBC and CBeebies, to mark Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day. The animation is broadcast at 11:00am and lasts the duration of the traditional two-minute silence. Poppies is also available on BBC iPlayer for over a year.
In interwar Australia, Remembrance Day (then often referred to as Armistice Day) was a popular public commemoration. But from 1946 to the 1970s, Australians observed Remembrance Sunday following the British pattern. [10] It is only in the 1980s and 1990s that Remembrance Day was once again systematically observed on 11 November.
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
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 ...
2018's Remembrance Day was a big deal, as it marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending the World War I. For the occasion, Kate wore a bespoke Alexander McQueen jacket, a Lock & Co. hat ...
Remembrance Day, a commemorative day observed by many Commonwealth countries; Remembrance of the Dead, held annually on May 4 in the Netherlands; Remembrance Sunday (UK), is the second Sunday in November, the Sunday nearest to 11 November (Armistice Day) Remembrance Day bombing, took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh ...
In the United Kingdom and other countries within the Commonwealth, a two-minute silence is observed as part of Remembrance Day to remember those who died in conflict. Held each year at 11:00 am on 11 November, the silence coincides with the time in 1918 at which the First World War came to an end with the cessation of hostilities, and is generally observed at war memorials and in public places ...
Remembrance Day (Chinese: 和平紀念日; Cantonese Yale: wòh pìhng géi nihm yaht; lit. 'Peace remembering day') is an anniversary in Hong Kong initially celebrating the end of World War I, [1] and was later expanded to commemorate the lives lost in the Battle of Hong Kong and World War II. [2] The anniversary was initially celebrated ...