It's interesting how different countries have different ideas for the same thing. In the US, we celebrate November 11 as Veterans Day (for the people who served but are alive) and have a separate Memorial Day (for people who served and have died, whether or not they died in action) and also Armed Forces Day (for people actively serving). Veterans Day isn't a holiday here, so it's somewhat less observed - there's parades on the nearest weekend, but we don't get as solemn and introspective as you Brits :)
The differences between our countries are always interesting. I was aware you had all the days you mention, but hadn't really worked out quite how different each one was. Also quite how different your 11/11 was to ours in terms of who it is celebrating.
Here we hold the Remembrance Day services and parade on the nearest Sunday to the 11th of November. And the main parade is at the Cenotaph in London which is attended by the King and other members of the Royal Family both those who have served and have not served. And that's the march past for the veterans, there were several men who had been in WW2 there this year - obviously it gets fewer and fewer each year. And over the years & decades it has extended from being 'just' the two World Wars. It is a fairly solemn affair.
The actual 11th tends to be more local things - but even they are often held on Remembrance Sunday. We do solemn & introspective quite well *wry grin*
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Here we hold the Remembrance Day services and parade on the nearest Sunday to the 11th of November. And the main parade is at the Cenotaph in London which is attended by the King and other members of the Royal Family both those who have served and have not served. And that's the march past for the veterans, there were several men who had been in WW2 there this year - obviously it gets fewer and fewer each year. And over the years & decades it has extended from being 'just' the two World Wars. It is a fairly solemn affair.
The actual 11th tends to be more local things - but even they are often held on Remembrance Sunday. We do solemn & introspective quite well *wry grin*
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