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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 ...
Opinion - Veterans Day lessons of remembrance for Donald Trump. Harlan Ullman, opinion contributor. November 11, 2024 at 12:30 PM. Today is Veteran’s Day in America.
[b] [1] [2] It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I. [3] Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the ...
Services held every 11 November to mourn British soldiers killed in First World War and all subsequent conflicts
In the United States, President Woodrow Wilson hailed the first Armistice Day celebration on 11 November 1919, although it would not be formalised by Congress until 1926. France followed suit in ...
1st Sunday after Labor Day: National Grandparents' Day; weekend before September 11: National Days of Prayer and Remembrance; September 11: Patriot Day; September 11: Emergency Number Day [15] 3rd Friday in September National POW/MIA Recognition Day POW☆ MIA Flag. September 17: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and Constitution Week
For years Workers' Memorial Day events have been organized in North America, and then worldwide. Since 1989, trade unions in North America, Asia, Europe and Africa have organized events on April 28. The late Hazards Campaigner Tommy Harte brought Workers' Memorial Day to the UK in 1992 as a day to ‘Remember the Dead: Fight for the Living'.