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Remembrance Day

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noun

  1. (in Canada) November 11, observed as a legal holiday in memory of those who died in World Wars I and II, similar to Veterans Day in the U.S.

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Little-Pengelly said she has a number of commitments in Belfast and Windsor for Remembrance Day on Tuesday.

From BBC

"One veteran its quoted in one of the newspapers saying 'every day is Remembrance Day for us'."

From BBC

"Tuesday marks Remembrance Day, an important day for so many," Little Pengelly said.

From BBC

Thousands of lives to remember on Russia's annual Remembrance Day for Victims of Political Repression.

From BBC

Its Jan. 27 opening marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

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