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    • R Offline
      remus
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      In the UK its a fairly prominent event (for lack of a better term.) Is it the same in other countries? and are you going to be doing the 2 minutes silence?

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
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        I am not aware of any 2 minutes of silence here in the states, I know it's a 'bank holiday'...or is it? it's marked on our calendar as 'Veterans day' so I assume so. I would have thought a country such as ours with the amount of living veterans and a continuing daily tally of new veterans would celebrate this day in a bigger way.

        Now if I may ask is yours rembeberance of WW2 or like here a rememberance of all veterans of all wars?

        I remember vaguely as a kid living in a former British Colony having a 'Poppy day', is this the same day?

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        • Alan FraserA Offline
          Alan Fraser
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          Remembrance Day is actually based on the armistice at the end of WWI...hence the 2 minute silence on 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11 month...but it has been extended to cover all wars since that time.
          It seems that in the UK there are now only 3 remaining veterans of WWI, so it's on the verge of passing from living memory entirely into history.

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          • MALAISEM Offline
            MALAISE
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            In France , it's a quite important date in History. The end of the WW1, and the rememberance of all soldiers (of each side ) dead for what ? ( Liberty, Freedom or ...economics )

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            • StinkieS Offline
              Stinkie
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              @alan fraser said:

              Remembrance Day is actually based on the armistice at the end of WWI...hence the 2 minute silence on 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11 month...but it has been extended to cover all wars since that time.
              It seems that in the UK there are now only 3 remaining veterans of WWI, so it's on the verge of passing from human memory entirely into history.

              Shame. Any of you ever visit one of them soldier's graveyards from WWI? My dad took to one when I was about 14, 15. Must have been somewhere in West-Flanders.

              Breaks your heart, a place like that.

              Today's a national holiday here in Belgium, but I doubt many will be still for two minutes, or even one. It is indeed passing into history.

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
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                @unknownuser said:

                Shame. Any of you ever visit one of them soldier's graveyards from WWI? My dad took to one when I was about 14, 15. Must have been somewhere in West-Flanders.

                When I went to secondary school, my class volunteered in keeping the graves of WWI soldiers tidy and all in our local cemetery. Note that there are hundreds of them since my city used to garrison two military units as well, an infantry and a mounted one.

                Gai...

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                • Alan FraserA Offline
                  Alan Fraser
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                  I've been to a few cemeteries in France; and at Souda Bay on Crete and Anzio, where my dad was. They were all beautifully kept.

                  Comedy or not, this still hits all the right buttons.
                  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ba-64h6d6Q&feature=iv&annotation_id=event_789680

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
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                    Oh yeah, I love that, too (we usd to have it here dubbed)
                    🤣

                    Gai...

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                    • boofredlayB Offline
                      boofredlay
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                      While I have to work today, my wife and daughter will be joining me downtown, a block away from my office, for the Veteran's day parade. Here in Huntsville it is a big deal, probably because of the Redstone Arsenal Army base here in town. However, this day of remembrance is not at all waning, at least not from my perspective.

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                      • StinkieS Offline
                        Stinkie
                        last edited by

                        @alan fraser said:

                        Comedy or not, this still hits all the right buttons.
                        http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ba-64h6d6Q&feature=iv&annotation_id=event_789680

                        Ah, yes. It does. Everytime again.

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
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                          Eric, I visited the Redstone arsenal a few years ago, yikes!!! it's friggin huge.

                          I loved the ammo bunkers, looked exactly like the Shire or Telletubby land with the grass covering them.

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                          • DanielD Offline
                            Daniel
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                            Knoxville has an annual parade downtown, and there is always smaller events scattered around here and there, but in reality very few attend. Outside of government and bank employees, very few people have off from work. But the really big day when the U.S. honors it's veterans is Memorial Day.

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                            • david_hD Offline
                              david_h
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                              In the US it was Called Armistice Day after 1918, and then after WWII--then it became Veteren's Day. When I was in Grade School We would usually observe a moment of Silence at 11 am. Anyway, This makes me think of my trips to Arlington and to the WWII memorial in Washington DC. Very moving.

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                              My favorite monument is the Korean War Memorial. Very Haunting.korean-war-memorial_large.jpg

                              Thanks to all our Vets.

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                              • pbacotP Offline
                                pbacot
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                                I don't believe it is properly impressed on the youth in the US. Although a Scout, I only have vague memories of such events as a child, some flag ceremonies or parades. I think it became uncool, considered militaristic or "pro-establishment" during the Viet Nam era, which is silly. The Viet Nam Memorial was a key to helping people understand "service" in the US. You appreciate these things more as you mature. Yes, it's a bank holiday and many offices are closed.

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                                • D Offline
                                  Double Espresso
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                                  It's important to Remember that those brave souls who gave their lives so we can live in freedom were not just citizens of our individual countries, but were fighting shoulder to shoulder with men and women from many other countries with diverse ethnic backgrounds.

                                  DE

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                                  • 3 Offline
                                    3eighty
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                                    My father flew in B-25s and B-17s. He was shot down over the Burma Hump on Nov. 10th..
                                    V-Day means a lot to my family..He is buried in Brussels and my 84 year old mother has never seen his grave..

                                    Thank you to all service men.. 👍

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                                    • C Offline
                                      cheffey
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                                      In Flanders Fields

                                      In Flanders fields the poppies blow
                                      Between the crosses, row on row,
                                      That mark our place; and in the sky
                                      The larks, still bravely singing, fly
                                      Scarce heard amid the guns below.
                                      We are the dead. Short days ago
                                      We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
                                      Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
                                      In Flanders fields.
                                      Take up our quarrel with the foe:
                                      To you from failing hands we throw
                                      The torch; be yours to hold it high.
                                      If ye break faith with us who die
                                      We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
                                      In Flanders fields.
                                      — Lt.-Col. John McCrae

                                      BROSRŌMAN BRÄUN

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                                        PeterCharles
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                                        "When you go home
                                        Tell them of us, and say,
                                        For their tomorrow
                                        We gave our today"

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                                        • W Offline
                                          watkins
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                                          I'm not sure if the BBC's iPlayer can be viewed outside the UK, but if it can then you might want to watch this:

                                          http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fkj8s/b00fkj1k/Royal_British_Legion_Festival_of_Remembrance_2008/

                                          I remember watching this each year with my parents, although my father would never go to the local Remembrance Day Ceremony. He used to say, "It's over, and I want to forget it", and he had a lot to forget, not least of all D-Day on Gold Beach.

                                          Regards,
                                          Bob

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                                          • soloS Offline
                                            solo
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                                            'fraid not, only for UK residents.

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