A Day Of Remembrance
A Day of Remembrance:
November Eleventh is a Day of Remembrance for many people around the world. Here at ChristianBlog.Com we would like to also remember and honour those who have served defending their lands and the lands of others so that freedom could and may abound for all men!
Remembrance: UK, Canada & Beyond
For those of you who are not aware (or probably from America)... Remembrance Day (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom), also known as Poppy Day (Malta and South Africa) and Armistice Day (France, New Zealand, and many other Commonwealth countries; and the original name of the day internationally) is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. 1
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One!! 2
A number of additional observations are held depending upon where a person lives, including a two-minutes of silences to remember the Armistice of World War One which resulted in 40 million casualties and approximately 20 million military and civilian deaths.
Part of the ceremonies including the playing of "The Last Post" on a bugle and the reading of the poem "For The Fallen", with the fourth stanza being the most famous one.
Remembrance: United States of America
In the United States of American Veterans Day is an American holiday honoring military veterans. Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it is celebrated on the same day as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.) 3
Many people confuse the USA Memorial Day and Veterans Day Days of Remembrance.
Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle. While those who died are also remembered on Veterans Day.
Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime - alive or passed-away. In fact, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served - not only those who died - have sacrificed and done their duty.
ChristianBlog.Com Remembrance:
We here at ChristianBlog.Com wish to offer our moment of silence and prayers to all those who have served, are serving, and will offer their services in days yet to come!
To do so, ChristianBlog.Com will also spend two minutes of silence in Remembrance. As we are located in California USA, we will have our 2-minutes of silence from 11:00am through 11:02 am -- All act ivies for those two minutes will be suspended. Thank you for understanding.
(1) Source: Wikipedia
(2) Source: ProjectBritain
(3) Source: Wikipedia
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