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Remembrance Day

American  

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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They include going to the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance Day every year and enjoying her dad's favourite activities, such as going to watch Wicked the Musical.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But critics say there is a difference between forgiving Galliano’s words and throwing a glamorous party in his honor—which also would fall at the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah in Hebrew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Some of the fake Facebook posts about Hannelore and Hank were still online on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

There would have been tears of joy and celebration of the symbolic meaning and power of her ascent to the presidency on Dr. King’s Remembrance Day.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

On the darkening streets the poppies blossom, for Remembrance Day.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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