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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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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2025

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

Fernandez had planned to attend the 83th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on Saturday, the same day he was profiled in The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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