Please pardon my ignorance. I always thought it was a Canadian day.
2006-11-10 18:56:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Remembrance Day (Australia, Canada, Colombia, UK and Ireland), also known as Poppy Day (South Africa and Malta), and Armistice Day (UK, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries; and the original name of the holiday internationally) is a day to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I and other wars. It is observed on November 11 to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918. The observance is specifically dedicated to members of the armed forces who were killed during war, and was created by King George V of the United Kingdom on November 7, 1919, possibly upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey though Wellesley Tudor Pole established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.
2006-11-10 19:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by Michael H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,
It is commemorated to more or less levels in different countries. In Australia, it is secondary to ANZAC day.
It is to remember the exact time of the end of the first world war on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. This was the war to end all wars and remembering it would help us to prevent future wars.
2006-11-11 03:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by Jim T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the US it's Veterans Day. In Canada it's Remembrance Day.
2006-11-11 03:06:02 · answer #3 · answered by †ღ†Jules†ღ† 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Canada: Remembrance Day... a DIS-Grace
United States: Veterans Day... a DIS-Grace
It's a disgrace to honour war, death, killing.
International holiday is Christmas... a DIS-Grace
There's seven fallacies you shld know about Xmas
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2006-11-11 08:13:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm pretty sure its a antional holiday, well all the countries that fought in war it is deffinatly her in australia and canada and america. i am unsure about other countries...good question tho :)
2006-11-11 08:04:34 · answer #5 · answered by Leah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a Canadian holiday....
2006-11-11 03:13:29 · answer #6 · answered by More Lies & More Smoke Screens 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-11-11 03:05:53 · answer #7 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋