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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,969 posts) Sun Nov 8, 2020, 03:25 PM Nov 2020

Is "Remembrance Sunday" an Empire event? I've never heard of that before in the U.S.

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Is "Remembrance Sunday" an Empire event? I've never heard of that before in the U.S. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP
When I was younger everyone wore poppies on 11/11 TexasProgresive Nov 2020 #1
Remembrance Day 11/11 is Britain's (and many other Euro's) version of Memorial Day RockRaven Nov 2020 #2
We call it Veteran's Day. rsdsharp Nov 2020 #3
In the U.S., where I live, Memorial Day and Veterans Day are separate observations, with mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 #4
The reason for the poppy Dave in VA Nov 2020 #5

TexasProgresive

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1. When I was younger everyone wore poppies on 11/11
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Sun Nov 8, 2020, 03:29 PM
Nov 2020

Now few do except me. How quick some of us forget- just another day.

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mahatmakanejeeves

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4. In the U.S., where I live, Memorial Day and Veterans Day are separate observations, with
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Sun Nov 8, 2020, 03:41 PM
Nov 2020

different meanings.

This is not so in what is left of the British Empre?

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