{"id":267,"date":"2016-11-02T01:31:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T05:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/?page_id=267"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:47:29","slug":"about-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/about-remembrance-day\/","title":{"rendered":"About Remembrance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Canadians recognize Remembrance Day, originally called Armistice Day, every November 11 at 11 a.m. It marks the end of hostilities during the First World War and an opportunity to recall all those who have served in the nation\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n<h2>Armistice Day<\/h2>\n<p>Armistice Day was inaugurated in 1919 throughout much of the British Empire, but on the second Monday in November. In 1921, the Canadian Parliament passed an Armistice Day bill to observe ceremonies on the first Monday in the week of November 11, but this combined the event with the Thanksgiving Day holiday. For much of the 1920s, Canadians observed the date with little public demonstration. Veterans and their families gathered in churches and around local memorials, but observances involved few other Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>In 1928, some prominent citizens, many of them veterans, pushed for greater recognition and to separate the remembrance of wartime sacrifice from the Thanksgiving holiday. In 1931, the federal government decreed that the newly named Remembrance Day would be observed on November 11 and moved Thanksgiving Day to a different date. Remembrance Day would emphasize the memory of fallen soldiers instead of the political and military events leading to victory in the First World War.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 725px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-275 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_remembrance_day_725w.jpg\" alt=\"about_remembrance_day_725w\" width=\"725\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_remembrance_day_725w.jpg 725w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_remembrance_day_725w-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_remembrance_day_725w-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_remembrance_day_725w-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_remembrance_day_725w-360x203.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poppy is placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>11 November<\/h2>\n<p>Remembrance Day rejuvenated interest in recalling the war and military sacrifice, attracting thousands to ceremonies in cities large and small across the country. It remained a day to honour the fallen, but traditional services also witnessed occasional calls to remember the horror of war and to embrace peace. Remembrance Day ceremonies were usually held at community cenotaphs and war memorials, or sometimes at schools or in other public places. Two minutes of silence, the playing of the\u00a0<em>Last Post<\/em>, the recitation of\u00a0<i>In Flanders Fields<\/i>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/remember\/why-poppies\/\">wearing of poppies<\/a> quickly became associated with the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Remembrance Day has since gone through periods of intense observation and periodic decline. The 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995 marked a noticeable upsurge of public interest, which has not ebbed in recent years. It is now a national holiday for federal and many provincial government workers, and the largest ceremonies are attended in major cities by tens of thousands. The ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa is nationally televised, while most media outlets \u2013 including newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and internet sources \u2013 run special features, interviews, or investigative reports on military history or remembrance-related themes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/history\/after-the-war\/remembrance\/remembrance-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian War Museum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadians recognize Remembrance Day, originally called Armistice Day, every November 11 at 11 a.m. It marks the end of hostilities during the First World War and an opportunity to recall all those who have served in the nation\u2019s defence. 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