Australia (and the Commonwealth at large) celebrated Remembrance Day today at 11 am. It's observed mainly by standing for 2 minutes of silence and the purchasing of/wearing of poppies. Oddly enough, previously I'd never known about the 2 minutes of silence ... guess my workplaces for the first 5 years were a bit slack ...
America celebrates Veterans Day (wikipedia and Garry say this is the correct way to go -- no apostrophe. I'm not convinced, but, well, I'll be edgy this year ...) today, which differs from Remembrance Day in that it commemorates those still alive, whereas our Memorial Day is to remember those who have died.
Remembrance Day differs from the Australian ANZAC Day in that ANZACs are just soldiers from Australia/New Zealand, but Remembrance Day is for those from England and the rest of the Commonwealth, too, thus potentially explaining why ANZAC Day is, from what I gather, really the bigger deal here. (There's a public holiday for ANZAC Day, always exactly on the day, though just two minutes of silence at work for Remembrance Day.)
Monday, November 11, 2013
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It's only one minute of silence. I believe in England they also call it Armistace day.
It's only one minute of silence. I believe in England they also call it Armistace day.
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