Remembrance Day

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.

Example Sentences

Genocide Remembrance Day in Namibia on Wednesday follows years of pressure on Germany to pay reparations.

From BBC

US President Donald Trump says he plans to rename Veterans Day - known as Remembrance Day in the UK - as "Victory Day for World War I" to celebrate American contributions to the conflict.

From BBC

He also comments on Mr Drakeford's appearance at a Remembrance Day event, calling him a "scruffy old university lecturer with dirty shoes".

From BBC

It is because of the Red Army's liberation of Auschwitz that 27 January was later declared International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

From BBC

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