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On November 2nd we returned the visit that the dead had paid us the day before: it was not a ritual, but an affectionate custom. Then, in 1943, with the American soldiers the Christmas tree arrived and slowly, year after year, the dead lost their way to the houses where they were waiting for them, happy and awake until the end, the children or ...
Volkstrauertag (German: [ˈfɔlkstʁaʊ̯ɐˌtaːk] ⓘ, lit. ' people's mourning day ') is a commemoration day in Germany two Sundays before the first day of Advent.It commemorates members of the armed forces of all nations and civilians who died in armed conflicts, to include victims of violent oppression.
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'. In the UK the campaign for Workers' Memorial Day has been championed by the Hazards Campaign and taken up by trade unions, adopted by Scotland 's TUC in 1993, followed by the TUC in 1999, and the ...
National Fig Week (November 1-7) National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week (November 3-9) National Rad Tech Week (November 3-9) International Fraud Awareness Week (November 10-16)
“Remember Me,” written Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, is truly the heart of “Coco.” “Remember me/ Though I have to say goodbye/ Remember me/ Don’t let it make you cry.”
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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 ...
Her death inspired the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). [18] Chanelle Pickett (1972–1995) was a Black trans woman who was murdered in Watertown, Massachusetts on November 20, 1995. [7]