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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382256) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Nov 24

It’s Remembrance Day in Western Australia and shortly we’re heading to Brunswick Junction to a service which will commemorate the 28 young men from that region who lost their lives during the 1914-1918 war. Vince’s great uncle was...

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What Remembrance Day Means To Me

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 11 Nov 22

My Dad's formal education ended just before he finished the eighth grade because that day Nazi German troops poured across the Dutch border. Six days later the Netherlands surrendered and he and my Mom were now teenagers growing...

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I Have 2 Things To Talk About Today

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 11 Nov 21

I couldn't decide which topic to choose so I decided to touch on both of them. You can chime in to one or the other or both lol First one is the fact that it's Remembrance Day... I'm thinking about my grandfather today and the...

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Good November 11th/Veteran's Day/Remembrance Day Morning, myLot !

Stacey @xstitcher (39039) • Petaluma, California 11 Nov 20

Whoa. Just went to Facebook and I have over fourteen birthday wishes. That's nice. I've pondered just not doing any chores today--thinking of that song Mom always used to quote, "What's the good of a birthday if...

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Christmas Vs Remembrance Day

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 6 Nov 19

Remembrance Day is November 11th, my social media is swamped with post of how folks are disrespecting veterans if they decorate for Christmas before Remembrance Day has passed. I read a post from a veteran himself, he said he...

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Remembrance Day and an old motor-bike

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382256) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Nov 18

Yesterday was Remembrance Day and it is an important day in the Australian calendar. We attended the service in our small town and bought our red poppies. The service was well attended and the local young lad did a great job on...

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My first post

Hanni Harel @Hannihar (130150) • Israel 10 May 16

Tonight starts Remembrance Day for our fallen Soldiers in Israel and on Wednesday night starts our Independence Day known as Yom Ha'atzmaut in Israel.

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Just a boy from Clare! A Remembrance Day Poem

JENNY ARCHER @bookbar (1609) • Sudbury, England 12 Nov 15

This is a poem my 13yr old grandson wrote for a school project which @jaboUK asked me to put into a post. Clare is the small Suffolk town, where he attends school, which was voted best war poem by the school,and adopted by the...

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Words fail me - how could these Muslims be SO disrespefctful!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 12 Nov 10

Yesterday in Britain was Remembrance Day. In Britain November is the time of the year when we wear a red poppy in memory of those who sacrificed their lives for us during wars. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the...

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It certainly makes you think!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 11 Nov 10

Today in the UK and other Commonwealth countries is Remembrance Day. 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. It is...

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Yahoos on the loose

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51831) • St. Catharines, Ontario 10 Nov 09

Two days before Remembrance Day (Veterans' Day in the States) the Cenotaph in Frederickton, New Brunswick was maliciously damaged. And I don't mean by some puny punk with a spray can. Whoever responsible managed to topple and...

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It is Remeberance Day here in Canada! I want to pay tribute to those that died!

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 11 Nov 08

It is November 11th and in Canada it is the day we pay tribute to all of those that have died in wars! Whether they be the current wars or past wars. I hope I will not have this discussion deleted because I would also like to...

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Remembrance Day - Now it's personal.

kbkbooks @kbkbooks (7022) • Canada 11 Nov 07

Today, November 11, in North America, we are celebrating the holiday of Remembrance Day or Veterans Day. I really feel that Remembrance Day is more fitting now as there are so many soldiers and civil servants in active duty...

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remembrace / veteran's day 11.11.2007

ItTakesAllSorts @ItTakesAllSorts (4096) 11 Nov 07

This is a time to remember all those who died for our freedom in WW1 and WW2. These men and women should never be forgotten. I am totally against war but I will always admire those who are willing to sacrifice their lifes...

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Remembrance Day

vicki2876 @vicki2876 (5636) • Canada 8 Nov 07

Remembrance Day is on November 11 here in Canada. When I was in Toronto I didn't get the day off of school and most things were open. But here the kids will have a day off and everything will be closed. They make it a bigger deal...

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