But where Simon is resoundingly right is in condemning simplistic, partisan versions of the past, which have encouraged violence from Northern Ireland to Myanmar. People need history as individuals need memory. Simon Jenkins’ excellent article takes aim perhaps at slightly the wrong target. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana (1863-1952). This mutual respect is a sign of hope, not war, and we can find in it renewal for our future vision. We find Jewish and Asian and Caribbean people who can connect with the past and share with us the future. We find leaders of once rival churches leading services together. At such services, we find politicians of different parties standing side by side. The deeper issue is that we need to salute the sacrifice of the fallen and injured which so shaped the 20th and 21st centuries by making it our determination to secure peace as their lasting memorial. The young still remember how their parents and grandparents felt because of this. I found that after many such services, when we went to the Royal British Legion club, the men and women who had personal experience of war and terrors of war were always very pleased to hear me speak the message that our remembering is a valid activity, even for those can’t actually remember because of their age. However, my experience of conducting annual services of remembrance for over 40 years has left me with other responses today. It’s time to forget the 20th century, 9 November). However, in 1954 they changed the name to Veterans Day.I have a long-held and deeply sympathetic understanding of the issues raised by Simon Jenkins ( Too much remembering causes wars.

The United States used to commemorate Armistice Day on November 11.

Many nations that are not members of the Commonwealth also observe Remembrance Day on November 11, including France, Belgium and Poland.

In South Africa, Poppy Day is marked on the Sunday that falls closest to November 11. For example, ANZAC Day is observed in New Zealand on April 25. Other nations observe a solemn day but at different dates.

Some of the 54 Commonwealth member states, such as Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, observe the tradition of Remembrance Day on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

At the end of the ceremony, they march away to officially close the ceremony. In advance of the ceremony, long columns of Veterans, Canadian Armed Forces members, RCMP officers, and cadets march to the memorial lead by a pipe band and a colour guard.It is also attended by the Prime Minister, other government officials, representatives of Veterans’ organizations, diplomatic representatives, other dignitaries, Veterans as well as the general public.

The Governor General of Canada presides over the ceremony. The national ceremony is held at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.It is also a statutory holiday in three territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) and in six provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador). Remembrance Day is a federal statutory holiday in Canada.Replica poppies are sold by the Royal Canadian Legion to provide assistance to Veterans. The poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day.We remember the more than 2,300,000 Canadians who have served throughout our nation’s history and the more than 118,000 who made the ultimate sacrifice. Every year on November 11, Canadians pause in a moment of silence to honour and remember the men and women who have served, and continue to serve Canada during times of war, conflict and peace.The first Remembrance Day was observed on November 11, 1931. Passed by the House of Commons, the bill also changed the name to “Remembrance Day”. In 1931, Alan Neill, Member of Parliament for Comox–Alberni, introduced a bill to observe Armistice Day only on November 11. From 1921 to 1930, Armistice Day was held on the Monday of the week in which November 11 fell.It was originally called “Armistice Day” to commemorate armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.-on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Remembrance Day was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth.

Remembrance poppy lest we forget