Remembrance Day is Armistice Day plus.

We remember all who gave their lives in war.

WWI, WWII, Korea, peacekeepers.........

On 7/4/07, Mark Hersh <markhersh@msn.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:21:48 -0700, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >Thanks Don.  Someone else also caught me up to modern times, Canada Day
> vs.
> >Dominion Day.  Some people just never do get the word...
> >
> >On 7/2/07, Don Spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well Loren, that may be because we have called it Canada Day since
> >> 1982. But thanks for the thought!!  And belated birthday greetings to
> >> you.  Canada celebrated it's 140th. How about you?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> Living in the States, I don't have too much occasion to refer to Canada
> Day
> or Dominion Day, but I still call Nov. 11 "Armistice Day" and May
> 30 "Decoration Day," because I am against the dilution or changing
> holidays, especially considering the significance of those two events (WWI
> and the American Civil War).  I'm not much for "President's Day" for the
> same reasons...
>
> Don, my calendar says that Nov. 11 in Canada is called Remembrance
> Day.  Is
> it for WWI, for military veterans, or pretty much for anyone that has
> passed?
>
> Mark Hersh
> 86 Weekender "Monty"
>

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