Day of Remembrance may refer to RemembranceDay , a commemorative day observed by many Commonwealth countries. Transgender Day of Remembrance , a commemorative day observed by the LGBT community. Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice , a commemorative day observed by Argentina. Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions , a commemorative day observed by former Soviet countries. Yom Hazikaron , a commemorative day observed by Israel. National Day of Hatred , a commemorative day in Cambodia . See also Remembrance disambiguation disambig ... more details
pp vandalism small yes pp move indef Infobox Holiday holiday name RemembranceDay official name RemembranceDay image Inflandersfieldslestweforget01.JPG caption RemembranceDay in Canada. The memorial ... war dead relatedto Veterans Day , Memorial Day , Anzac DayRemembranceDay also known as Poppy ... non Commonwealth countries. RemembranceDay is observed on 11 November to recall the official ... dedicated by George V of the United Kingdom King George V on 7 November 1919 as a day of remembrance ... The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of RemembranceDay due to the poem In Flanders ... Image Remembrance march.jpeg right thumb right RemembranceDay, London, 2006. The common ... In Australia , RemembranceDay is always observed on 11 November regardless of the day of the week ... is observed. In recent decades, however, RemembranceDay has been largely eclipsed as the national day of war commemoration by ANZAC Day 25 April , which is a public holiday in all states. Remembrance ... in battle. Barbados In Barbados , RemembranceDay is not a Public holidays in Barbados public holiday ... Sunday. ref cite news title RemembranceDay Parade author Staff writer first last authorlink ... Sealy title Salute to war dead url http www.nationnews.com news local remembranceday FRONT PAGE OTHER ... of Heroes Square in Bridgetown . Bermuda Image Rembrance Day Parade Bermuda.jpg right thumb Remembrance ... during the World War II Second World War than any other part of the Empire, RemembranceDay is still ..., Bermuda Hamilton on RemembranceDay itself, marching to the Cenotaph a smaller replica of the one .... George, Bermuda St. George s on the nearest Sunday to RemembranceDay. ref http www.bermuda online.org ... web url http www.gov.mb.ca labour standards doc,remembranceday,factsheet.html title RemembranceDay ... Canada authorlink Veterans Affairs Canada title Canada Remembers History Other Stories A Day of Remembrance A Day of Remembrance publisher Queen s Printer for Canada accessdate 2011 11 11 ref The department ... more details
Transgender Day of Remembrance TDoR is a day to memorialize those who have been killed as a result of transphobia ref MA Transgender Political Coalition. 2010 . Transgender Day of Remembrance. Retrieved ... ref Millen, L. Nov. 20, 2008 . North Carolinians mark transgender remembranceday. Retrieved from http goqnotes.com 1091 north carolinians mark transgender remembranceday ref . The Transgender Day of Remembrance ... 20th ref The Human Rights Campaign. 2010 . Transgender Day of Remembrance. Retrieved from http ... marks transgender day of remembrance. Retrieved from http thevitalvoice.com node 8792 ref ref BBC .... 18, 2010 . Groups recognize transgender remembranceday. Retrieved from http www.statepress.com 2010 11 18 groups recognize transgender remembranceday ref ref AllMissoula.com. Nov. 17, 2010 . Missoula ... Day of Remembrance publisher GLAAD date 17 November 2008 accessdate 07 Mar 2011 url http glaadblog.org 2008 11 17 an introduction to the transgender day of remembrance ref ref cite news author GLAAD title Transgender Day of Remembrance is Today publisher GLAAD date 20 November 2008 accessdate 07 Mar 2011 url http glaadblog.org 2008 11 20 transgender day of remembrance ref ref cite news author GLAAD title The 10th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance publisher GLAAD date 20 November 2008 ... title An Introduction to Transgender Day of Remembrance 2009 publisher GLAAD date 16 November 2009 accessdate 07 Mar 2011 url http glaadblog.org 2009 11 16 an introduction to transgender day of remembrance ... Day of Remembrance publisher GLAAD date 16 November 2009 accessdate 07 Mar 2011 url http glaadblog.org 2009 11 16 law social change the true significance of the transgender day of remembrance ref ref cite news author GLAAD title Nov 20th The Eleventh Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance publisher ... the eleventh annual transgender day of remembrance ref ref cite news author GLAAD title The Importance of the Transgender Day of Remembrance publisher GLAAD date 19 November 2010 accessdate 07 Mar ... more details
Orphan date January 2012 RemembranceDay is an annual Gettysburg Battlefield event for the anniversary of the 1863 Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg during which President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address . Initially commemorating the Grand Army of the Republic , the event is held on a weekend e.g., Saturday November 16, 1957 , ref Cite news date September 7, 1957 title Coming Events url http news.google.com newspapers?id Lk8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid Xv8FAAAAIBAJ&pg 5294,3453372&dq remembranceday gettysburg&hl en format Google News Archive newspaper The Gettysburg Times accessdate 2011 11 19 ref and the Consecration anniversary was resolved Dedication Day by the 81st United States Congress U.S. Congress in 1949 . http www.visit gettysburg.com remembrance day.html A costume ball held the Friday evening before RemembranceDay, http www.gettysburgball.com a Remembrance Illumination of Gettysburg National Cemetery graves instead of on Memorial Day , a fundraiser at the Gettysburg Cyclorama , a Citizenship Ceremony, http www.gettysburgfoundation.org news view 72 and other events promote tourism to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania . References Reflist Category 81st United States Congress Category Tourism campaigns Category Visitor attractions in Adams County, Pennsylvania ... more details
RemembranceDay Marshall Islands , formally known as Nuclear Victims Day and Nuclear Survivors Day, occurs on March 1st and is a national holiday in the Marshall Islands . The day honors the victims and survivors of nuclear testing done in the area in the 1950 s. Castle Bravo was the code name given to the first United States U.S. test of a dry fuel Nuclear fusion thermonuclear hydrogen bomb device, detonated on March 1, 1954 at Bikini Atoll , Marshall Islands , as the first test of Operation Castle . Fallout from the detonation poisoned the islanders who had previously inhabited the atoll. See also col begin col break Operation Crossroads col break Bikini Atoll col end External links http www.rmigovernment.org news detail.jsp?docid 380 Nuclear Victims and Survivors RemembranceDay http mistories.org remembrance.php RemembranceDay Category March observances Category Holidays in the Marshall Islands Marshalls stub ... more details
In the United States and Canada, Stillbirth RemembranceDay is a day set aside each year to honor and memorial remember babies that have been stillbirth stillborn . In many cases, this definition is expanded .... In light of this latter definition, Stillbirth RemembranceDay is sometimes known as Stillbirth and Infant Loss RemembranceDay , or something similar. Official recognition of the stillborn In recent ... day to be Stillbirth RemembranceDay in their state or province. This is in line with similar .... In addition, a few more U.S. states have legislated a day of remembrance of the stillborn. History of Stillbirth RemembranceDay The idea of an annual day to remember stillborns followed perhaps the most ... RemembranceDay the day was first observed on what would have been Breanna Lynn s first birthday ... laws enacting September 6 to be Stillbirth RemembranceDay in time for Breanna Lynn s second birthday ... proclaimed September 6 as Stillbirth RemembranceDay were Alaska Connecticut Hawaii Maine Montana Nevada ... of these remaining states to proclaim an official day of stillbirth remembrance. Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay October 15 has been proclaimed by the United States Congress as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay in the United States. Many U. S. state governor s have made similar proclamations in the last two years, effectively creating two annual days for the remembrance of infant loss. In general, October 15 is set aside by many states as a day to honor babies who were ... and Infant Loss RemembranceDay Canada A similar national day of remembrance for pregnancy loss ... 15 Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay is leading the Campaign to proclaim October 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay across Canada. References Reflist External links http www.grievingparents.com ... of October 15 as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay . link to petitiononline removed ... connection to a stillborn baby. On this day, the noon news in Little Rock, Arkansas Little ... more details
Use dmy dates date January 2012 The Holocaust International Holocaust RemembranceDay , 27 January, is an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust , the genocide that resulted in the annihilation ... Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus The Day of remembrance for the victims ... observance of the International Holocaust RemembranceDay at United Nations Headquarters. In the General .... Holocaust RemembranceDay began with the joint launch of a new United Nations Holocaust Remembrance ... Information also marked Holocaust RemembranceDay with two exhibits in the United Nations Visitors ... Holocaust RemembranceDay publisher Ushmm.org accessdate 27 January 2012 ref At Yad Vashem ... Holocaust RemembranceDay http www.un.org holocaustremembrance The United Nations International Holocaust RemembranceDay page http www.un.org holocaustremembrance message.html Statement by UN ... Category January observances Category United Nations days Holocaust RemembranceDay, International ... on 3 January 1996 and the Holocaust memorial day observed every 27 January since 2001 in the UK. The Holocaust RemembranceDay is also a national event in the United Kingdom and in Italy . The General Assembly Resolution 60 7 Resolution 60 7 establishing 27 January as International Holocaust RemembranceDay urges every member nation of the U.N. to honor the memory of Holocaust victims, and encourages ... as for establishing a U.N. programme of outreach and mobilization of society for Holocaust remembrance and education. Resolution 60 7 and the International Holocaust Day was an initiative of the State ... lies in its twofold approach one that deals with the memory and remembrance of those who were massacred ... The International Day in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is thus a day on which we must reassert our commitment to human rights. ... We must also go beyond remembrance, and make sure that new ... Victims Memorial Day on 19 January 2008 ref cite web url http www.un.org News Press docs 2007 ... more details
File Bandera de los Desaparecidos D a de la Memoria.jpg thumb right Flag with the faces of the Disappeared during a demonstration in Buenos Aires to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1976 Argentine coup d tat 1976 coup in Argentina. The Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice Spanish language Spanish D a de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia is a public holiday in Argentina , commemorating the victims of the military dictatorship known as the National Reorganization Process Proceso de Reorganizaci n Nacional . It is held on 24 March, the anniversary of the 1976 Argentine coup d tat coup d tat of 1976 that brought the military junta to power. The commemoration was sanctioned as Law 25633 by the Argentine National Congress on 1 August 2002, and promulgated by the Executive Branch on 22 August of the same year. ref Argentine Congress, 22 August 2002. http www1.hcdn.gov.ar dependencias ceducacion leyes 25633.html Law 25633 . ref However, it was not implemented as a public national holiday until 2006. The 30th anniversary of the coup was marked by massive demonstrations. ref BBC News, 24 March 2006. http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi americas 4839896.stm Argentina marks coup anniversary . ref See also Dirty War Operation Condor National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons Archivo Nacional de la Memoria National Archive for Memory References reflist External links http www.me.gov.ar efeme 24demarzo index.html Education Ministry commemorative webpage es DEFAULTSORT Day Of Remembrance For Truth And Justice Category March observances Category Holidays in Argentina Category Remembrance days Argentina hist stub holiday stub es D a Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia pl Dzie Pami ci dla Prawdy i Sprawiedliwo ci ... more details
File Vladimir Putin in Armenia 14 15 September 2001 5.jpg thumb Presidents and Religious leaders of both Armenia and Russia commemorating the genocide at the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial Genocide Remembrance Day lang hy or Genocide Memorial day ref name adam Genocide A Comprehensive Introduction By Adam Jones page 156 ref , is a Public holidays in Armenia national holiday in Armenia and is observed by Armenian diaspora Armenians in dispersed communities around the world on April 24 . ref name adam Genocide A Comprehensive Introduction By Adam Jones page 156 ref ref The Armenian Genocide History, Politics, Ethics Page 339 by Richard G. Hovannisian ref It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1923. In Yerevan , the capital of Armenia , hundreds of thousands of people walk to the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial to lay flowers at the eternal flame . The date 24 April commemorates the Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital in 1915 , of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, most of whom would be executed, which was a precursor to the ensuing events. Monuments Several monuments have been erected to commemorate the Armenian Genocide Montebello Genocide Memorial Tsitsernakaberd Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial Marseille Genocide Memorial List of Armenian Genocide memorials References Reflist See Also Armenian Genocide External links http www.unitedhumanrights.org Genocide armenian genocide.htm United Human Rights Watch http www.ppu.org.uk genocide g armenia2.html Peace Pledge Union http www.armeniapedia.org index.php?title Armenian Genocide Armeniapedia http www.armenian genocide.org Armenian National Institute http www.littlearmenia.com html genocide Little Armenia Hollywood http www.umd.umich.edu dept armenian facts genocide.html Factsheet Armenian Genocide by Knights of Vartan Armenian Research Center, Dearborn, Michigan Category Remembrance days Category April o ... more details
The Day of Remembrance , formerly called the National Day of Hatred , celebrated on May 20, is an annual event in Cambodia . It commemorates the excesses of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled the country between 1975 and 1979. The National Day of Hatred was first launched in the People s Republic of Kampuchea PRK on May 20, 1984. ref name nyt New York Times . http www.nytimes.com 1984 05 21 world around the world cambodian day of hate marks pol pot s victims.html Cambodian Day of Hate Marks Pol Pot s Victims ref The commemoration was initiated by a September 12, 1983 conference in Phnom Penh of around ... in the 1990s, the celebrations were revived. In 2001, the event was officially renamed Day of Remembrance . ref name geno The National Day of Hatred is still celebrated in Cambodia, although the commemorations ..., the full title of the event was Day of Hatred against the genocidal Pol Pot Ieng Sary Khieu Samphan clique and the Sihanouk Son Sann reactionary groups . The National Day of Hatred was an important ... the kufncd.html The KUFNCD ref The English name Day of Hatred is somewhat of a mistranslation. The Khmer name, when instituted in 1983, was T veer Chong Kamhaeng Day of Tying Anger . The name could also be translated as Day of Maintaining Rage . ref name geno In the PRK, the policies of the United ... expansionist were also targets of dislike during the Day of Hatred. ref name nyt The 1983 conference had formulated that the objective of the National Day of Hatred was to mobilize international ... Nations was highlighted. ref name geno During the 1980s and 1990s, the National Day of Hatred ..., the National Day of Hatred represented one of very few spaces for victims of the Khmer Rouge to publicly ... Hate to Remember and Remember to Hate ref During the UNTAC period, the National Day of Hatred was put ... guerrillas, the National Day of Hatred lost much of its prominence. Still commemorations are held ... incarnation of the KPRP, the ruling party in the PRK still conduct commemorations of the National Day ... more details
Infobox civilian attack title RemembranceDay Bombing partof The Troubles image News6905.jpg caption The aftermath of the bombing. location Enniskillen , Northern Ireland coordinates Coord 54 20 39 N 7 38 3 W region GB scale 5000 display inline,title date 8 November 1987 time 10 43 timezone GMT type Time bomb weapons fatalities 12 injuries 63 perp Provisional IRA susperp The RemembranceDay bombing also known as the Enniskillen bombing or Poppy Day massacre ref cite web url http www.entemp.ie press 2001 180901.htm title Dail Remarks by Mary Harney, T.D., T naiste and Leader of the Progressive Democrats in Response to the Recent Terrorist Attacks on the United States accessdate 2008 05 07 author Mary Harney year 2001 work publisher DETE press release ref ref cite news url http www.guardian.co.uk politics 2006 apr 23 uk.northernireland title Gadaffi sued by 160 victims of IRA accessdate 2008 05 07 author Henry McDonald date 2006 04 23 work publisher Guardian Unlimited location London ref took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen , County Fermanagh , Northern Ireland . Eleven people were killed when a Provisional Irish Republican Army IRA bomb exploded at the town s war memorial cenotaph during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony held to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth ... 29 ref Enniskillen s RemembranceDay service was re staged two weeks after the bombing. It was attended ... inspired many Irish Catholics to begin observing RemembranceDay. Citation needed date January 2012 ... Irish remembrance events. There was also a general surge in attendance at RemembranceDay services ... Ireland Category Mass murder in 1987 es Masacre del RemembranceDay sv Bombattentatet i Enniskillen ... been sanctioned by IRA Northern Command . ref name taylor On the same day, a bomb four times larger ... to explode at 10 43 am the next day. ref name taylor ref name commons House of Commons Official .... The day after the bombing five Catholic teenagers were injured in an apparent retaliation shooting ... more details
Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death ... on October 15 . The day is observed with remembrance ceremonies and candle lighting vigils, concluding ... Month. ref name reagan The October 15th Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay PAILRD Campaign ... Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay was passed in the House ... as the Canadian Director for October 15 Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay and began the Canadian ... and Infant Loss RemembranceDay, Coggan resigned as the Canadian Director for the American Pregnancy ... and Infant Loss RemembranceDay the province of Nova Scotia has followed suit with a similar ... for Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay in Australia began in May 2008 when Nicole Ballinger ... declaration of Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay in NSW. ref name day set aside To date, Mrs ... and Infant Loss RemembranceDay officially declared across Australia. International Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay Contrary to the popular belief that Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay is internationally legislated and observed as an international day of remembrance this is not the case ... RemembranceDay is becoming an international day of observation. Germany and most other non English ... Loss RemembranceDay, was passed in the House of Representatives on September 28, 2006. House ... of Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay Canada. The CFO is leading the federal campaign to recognize October 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay Canada. The goal of the CFO is to obtain an official day of remembrance, October 15 of each year, to ensure that all Canadian families who ... and Infant Loss RemembranceDay. Through the lobbying efforts of Terra Lynn Coggan, a Saint John ... 12, 2005 did declare October 15 to be Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay across the province ... declared October 15 to be Pregnancy and Infant Loss RemembranceDay He called on Province ... more details
Context date October 2009 File Solovetsky Stone Moscow.jpg thumb Monument commemorating the victims of political repression in the USSR a stone from Solovki concentration camp installed in front of the KGB headquarters at Lubyanka Square in Moscow Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions lang ru , is an annual day of remembrance for victims of political repression in the Soviet Union . It is commemorated on October 30, since 1991, in former USSR Soviet republics, except for Ukraine , which has its own annual Day of Remembrance for the victims of political repressions by the Soviet regime on the third Sunday of May. Members of the Memorial society Memorial society take active part in meetings. Traditional meeting places Moscow Lubyanka Square , at the location of the Solovetsky Stone from Solovki prison camp Solovki Special Purpose Camp Saint Petersburg Levashovo Memorial Cemetery Tyumen Courtyard of the former NKVD building Yekaterinburg Memorial of the Victims of Political Repressions Samara, Russia Gagarin Park References 18.10.91 N 1763 1 I . The Supreme Soviet of Russia Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of 18.10.91 N 1763 1 I On establishing the Day of Remembrance for victims of political repression. Category Political repression in the Soviet Union Category Human rights in the Soviet Union Category Remembrance days Category Holidays in Russia pl Dzie Pami ci Ofiar Represji Politycznych ru zh uk ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2008 The National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism is marked every year on June 23 in Canada to mark the anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182 off the coast of Ireland . On this day, flags across Canada are flown at half staff half mast to honour the victims of the bombing, as well as other acts of terrorist violence that have taken lives of Canadians. Category June observances Category Terrorism in Canada Category Events in Canada Canada stub terrorism stub ... more details
National Pearl Harbor RemembranceDay , which is observed annually on December 7, is to remember and honor all those who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. On August 23, 1994, United States Congress , by USPL 103 308 , designated December 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor RemembranceDay. ref http answers.usa.gov cgi bin gsa ict.cfg php enduser std adp.php?p faqid 8440 ref National Pearl Harbor RemembranceDay is also referred to as Pearl Harbor RemembranceDay or Pearl Harbor Day . It is a tradition to fly the Flag of the United States at half staff until sunset in honor of dead patriots. ref name timeanddate.com http www.timeanddate.com holidays us pearl harbor remembranceday ref The Attack on Pearl Harbor main Attack on Pearl Harbor On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941 America s naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by the forces of the Empire of Japan . More than 2,400 Americans were killed and more than 1,100 were wounded. The attack sank four U.S. Navy battleship s and damaged four more. It also damaged or sank three cruiser s, three destroyer s, one minelayer and damaged 188 aircraft. Aftermath The day after the attack, the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II . President Franklin Roosevelt , in a speech to congress, stated that the bombing of Pearl Harbor is a date which will live in infamy . ref name timeanddate.com Public Life It is not a federal holiday. Government offices, schools, and businesses do not close. Some organizations may hold special events in memory of those killed or injured at Pearl Harbor. ref name timeanddate.com Memorials Memorials have been built to remember the day and its events. The USS Arizona Memorial USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor is a marble memorial over the sunken battleship ... 12 06 presidential proclamation national pearl harbor remembranceday 2011 White House Press Release ... House press release Category Remembrance days Category December observances Category Attack on Pearl ... more details
HolidayInfo image caption holiday name European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism significance Day of remembrance for the victims of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes observedby ... Ribbentrop Pact The European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism known as the International ... , was designated by the European Parliament in 2008 2009 as a Europe wide Day of Remembrance for the victims ... implementation in all of Europe. The establishment of 23 August as an international remembranceday ... name Buzek The purpose of the Day of Remembrance is to preserve the memory of the victims of mass deportations ... standalone title EU Calendar RemembranceDay for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism author date work ... 23 as a remembranceday and the name Black Ribbon Day originated in demonstrations held in western ... against the continued Soviet occupation. August 23 was adopted as an official day of remembrance ... the OSCE August 23 as a remembranceday for totalitarianism was proposed by the Prague Declaration ... a declaration on the proclamation of 23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism ... of 23 August as European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism author ... the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, was passed by a vote of 533 ... remembranceday for totalitarianism and urged its member states to increase awareness of totalitarian ..., which ended it. This is why we have proposed to launch a Europe wide day of remembrance which will help ... Union organized a conference on the occasion of the European Day of Remembrance for the Victims ... for the European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes. ref name PolEUPresidency cite web url http pl2011.eu en content conference european dayremembrance victims totalitarian regimes title Conference The European Day of Remembrance of the victims of the totalitarian regimes author ... European day of remembrance of the victims of the totalitarian regimes author date work publisher Europa.eu ... more details
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims takes place on the third Sunday in November every year as the appropriate acknowledgment of victims of road traffic crashes and their families. It was started by RoadPeace in 1993 and was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005. History In 1993, the first day of remembrance which was organised by RoadPeace . In 1995 the General Assembly of European Federation of Road Traffic Victims added its support and by 1998 the event was being held in a number of countries including Argentina, Australia, Israel, South Africa, and Trinidad ref cite web url http www.tc.gc.ca eng roadsafety safedrivers trafficsafety hookedonroadsafety awareness 574.htm title Promoting National Awareness of Road Safety work Transport Canada accessdate 2010 02 27 ref in addition to the United Kingdom. The World Health Organisation added its support in 2003 and in 2005 the United Nations General Assembly invited all nations to observe the day as the appropriate acknowledgment of victims of road traffic crashes and their families . ref cite web url http www.worlddayofremembrance.org about world day title about work World Day of Remembrance accessdate ... ref cite web url http www.worlddayofremembrance.org archive title archive work World Day of Remembrance ... www.itnews.it news 2008 1113090601571 world day of remembrance for road traffic victims.html title World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims work itnews accessdate 2010 02 27 ref In 2009 events ... events ceremonies gallery title Events and actions work World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims ... marketwire article.jsp?content 20091118 103506 8 ccn ccn title Baird Recognizes National Day of Remembrance ... See also Road safety Category United Nations days World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, International Category 2005 establishments World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, International ... held worldwide to mark UN day remembering road traffic victims publisher United Nations date 18 November ... more details
Cleanup date February 2011 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 A law passed in the Alberta Legislative Assembly of Alberta Legislature with unanimous consent of all parties in November 2000. This law provides recognition for Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Day that falls in April May according to the Hebrew calendar Jewish lunar calendar .This act will signal a free day from all school and work for the day. DEFAULTSORT Holocaust Memorial Day And Genocide Remembrance Act Category Holocaust commemoration Category Jews and Judaism in Alberta Alberta stub Holocaust stub ... more details
wiktionary remembranceRemembrance is the act of remembering, the ability to remember or a memorial . It may refer to tocright Events Category Remembrance days Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice , a commemorative day observed by Argentina RemembranceDay , a commemorative day observed by many Commonwealth countries National Day of Remembrance , a United States commemoration of Japanese American internment during World War II. February 19, 1998. Remembrance of the Dead , held annually on May 4 in the Netherlands Remembrance Sunday UK , is the second Sunday in November, the Sunday nearest to 11 November Armistice DayRemembranceDay bombing , took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Remembrance of Muharram , an important period of mourning in the Shi a branch of Islam Film & television Remembrance film , a 1996 TV film Remembrance short film Remembrance short film , a 2001 Canadian short film Remembrance TV series , a Hong Kong List of programmes broadcast by Television Broadcasts Limited TVB show Music Remembrance A Memorial Benefit , a 2001 album by American pianist George Winston Remembrance Cecil Taylor & Louis Moholo album Remembrance Cecil Taylor & Louis Moholo album , 1988 Remembrance Elvin Jones album Remembrance Elvin Jones album , 1978 Remembrance USA band , a Christian metalcore band Literature Remembrance novel Remembrance novel , by Danielle Steel See also Remembrancer , was originally one of certain subordinate officers of the English Exchequer disambiguation de Erinnerung fr souvenir m moire ... more details
Infobox recurring event name National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women native name logo Image White ribbon.png White ribbon.png INCLUDE File Filename when entering file name logo caption A white ribbon to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. image DO NOT include File part of image name different from above because of merger with Template Infobox festival imagesize frameless caption date dates also works, as merged from Template Infobox festival. Do not use both begins ends frequency Annually each December 6 location Canada years active age YYYY mm dd Date of the first occurrence first 1991 by the Parliament of Canada ref name establishment date Staff undated http www.swc cfc.gc.ca dates vaw vff index eng.html The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence . Status of Women Canada . Retrieved December 6, 2011. December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l cole Polytechnique de Montr al. They died because they were women. ref last participants attendance genre Violence against women budget patron website http www.swc cfc.gc.ca dates vaw vff index eng.html National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women at Status of Women Canada footnotes organised Parliament of Canada The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is a day commemorated in Canada each December 6, the anniversary of the 1989 cole Polytechnique Massacre , in which fourteen women were singled out for their gender and murdered. It is often marked by vigils, discussions and other reflections on violence against women . The commemoration ... External links http www.swc cfc.gc.ca dates vaw vff index eng.html National Day of Remembrance and Action ... to end violence against women. See also portal box Canada Feminism Gender studies International Day ... more details
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition , August 23 of each year, the day designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade . That date was chosen by the UNESCO Executive Board s adoption of resolution 29 C 40 at its 29th session. Circular CL 3494 of July 29, 1998 from the Director General invited Ministers of Culture to promote the day. The date is significant because, during the night of August 22 to August 23, 1791 on the island of Saint Domingue now known as Haiti , an Haitian Revolution uprising began which set forth events which were a major factor in the Abolitionism abolition of the transatlantic slave trade . UNESCO Member States organize events every year on that date, inviting participation from young people, educators, artists and intellectuals. As part of the goals of the intercultural UNESCO project, The Slave Route Project The Slave Route , it is an opportunity for collective recognition and focus on the historic causes, the methods and the consequences of slavery . Additionally, it sets the stage for analysis and dialogue of the interactions which gave rise to the transatlantic trade in human beings between Africa , Europe , the Americas and the Caribbean . The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition was first celebrated in a number of countries, in particular in Haiti 23 August 1998 and Senegal 23 August 1999 . A number of cultural events and debates were organized. In 2001 the Mulhouse Textile Museum in France conducted a fabric workshop entitled Indiennes de Traite a type of Calico textile calico used as currency in trade for Africans . The International Slavery Museum opened its doors on August 23, 2007 in Liverpool where Slavery RemembranceDay events have been conducted since 2004. ref http www.acs aec.org column greatCarib09032007 en.htm Association of Caribbean ... 201.html 23 August International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition References ... more details
File Field of Remembrance Westminster Abbey geograph.org.uk 1572813.jpg thumb 300px Tightly packed memorials outside Westminster Abbey for RemembranceDay, 2009 The Field of Remembrance is a memorial garden ... s Westminster Abbey for RemembranceDay, 2002 File The Guides to the Field of Remembrance Westminster Abbey geograph.org.uk 1575001.jpg Noticeboards with guides to the plots on the Field of Remembrance at Westminster File The Corps of the Royal Engineers memorial in the Field of Remembrance Westminster ... of the Thursday before Remembrance Sunday until the evening of following Thursday, the lawn ... a wooden token of remembrance originally remembrance cross es, now a variety of shapes for different religions, including for no faith decorated with a remembrance poppy . The token is generally ... plot. The packed lines of remembrance symbols in the separate plots can resemble a temporary military cemetery . After the Field of Remembrance closes, the crosses are collected and burnt, and the ashes ... of Remembrance was first held in 1928, organised by George Arthur Howson , an officer in the British ... died in January 1928. The ANZAC Field of Remembrance at St. Andrew s Cathedral, Sydney , Australia was established in 1952, inspired by the Field of Remembrance in London. For the 90th anniversary of the Poppy Appeal in 2011, other Fields of Remembrance were established at Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh. A Field of Remembrance was also created at Lydiard Park in November 2011, close to Royal Wootton ... File Lest we forget geograph.org.uk 1581547.jpg Ranks of remembrance crosses at the Field of Remembrance File Field of Remembrance Young Family 2009.JPG A young family look at the crosses planted in the ANZAC Field of Remembrance in Sydney, Australia gallery References http www.poppy.org.uk remembrance field of remembrance Field of Remembrance , The Royal British Legion http www.poppyscotland.org.uk index.php content show scottish poppy appeal scottish poppy appeal5567476 Field of Remembrance ... more details
The Act of Remembrance is an extract from the poem For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon . ref http www.veterans.gc.ca eng sub.cfm?source feature vetweek comm guide act Veterans Affairs Canada website ref The Act has become a common feature of RemembranceDay services in Canada, ref http www.veterans.gc.ca eng sub.cfm?source feature vetweek comm guide service Suggested RemembranceDay Service, from VAC website ref including the national service in Ottawa. ref http web.archive.org web 20080525114057 http www.legion.ca asp docs feature RemDay e.asp Legion.ca website ref The Act The Act of Remembrance is generally performed by a solo reading of the poem extract, with a response by all assembled. The exact wording of the Act of Remembrance is They shall grow not old, br as we that are left grow old br Age shall not weary them, br nor the years condemn. br At the going down of the sun br and in the morning br We will remember them. br Response We will remember them ref http www.veterans.gc.ca eng sub.cfm?source feature vetweek comm guide act Veterans Affairs Canada website ref As the federal government of Canada is officially bilingual, a French version also exists. ref http www.veterans.gc.ca fra archives ressources guide actedusouvenir Veterans Affairs translation ref Other uses A quotation from the Act of Remembrance appears on the Calgary Soldiers Memorial . See also Ode of Remembrance Footnotes reflist Sources references http www.veterans.gc.ca eng sub.cfm?source feature vetweek comm guide act noinclude DEFAULTSORT Act Of Remembrance Category Military veterans affairs in Canada ... more details
Garden of Remembrance may be Garden of Remembrance Dublin , Ireland Garden of Remembrance, Lockerbie, Scotland, see Pan Am Flight 103 Memorials and tributes Garden of Remembrance album , by Oneiroid Psychosis See also War memorial disambig ... more details
F in 11 November 2009. ref On Remembrance Sunday 1987, a RemembranceDay bombing bomb was detonated ..., an attempt was made to change Armistice Day to Remembrance Sunday after World War II but this was a failure ... also RemembranceDay Moment of silence References Reflist External links http www.britishlegion.org.uk ...File Lest we forget.jpg thumb The poppy is worn around the time of Remembrance Sunday. In the United Kingdom , Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday nearest to 11 November Armistice Day . ref These two statements are in effect the same, proved as follows, between ... title nowiki ARCHIVED CONTENT nowiki Department for Culture Media and Sport remembrance sunday accessdate 10 November 2010 ref In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local ... e.g. The Scout Association Scouts and Girlguiding UK Guides . Wreaths of remembrance poppy remembrance poppies are laid on the memorials and two minutes silence is held at 11 a.m. Church bells ... day of the eleventh month in 1918, when the guns of Europe fell silent. ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk religion remembrance history silence history.shtml title Remembrance The two minutes silence ... live music, each year following the list of the Traditional Music of Remembrance see below . Other ... Territories And Remembrance Sunday url http edmi.parliament.uk EDMi EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID 37670&SESSION 899 work Early Day Motion publisher Parliament of the United Kingdom accessdate 29 August 2009 ref Northern Ireland In Northern Ireland , the day is ignored or opposed by many Irish nationalism ... were killed. Other ceremonies From 1919 until 1945, Armistice Day observance was always on 11 November itself. It was then moved to Remembrance Sunday, but since the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995, it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday. In 2006, then Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown proposed that in addition to Remembrance ... more details
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