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Watch LIVE Remembrance Day: National Ceremony Day 11 November 2018

Watch LIVE Remembrance Day: National Ceremony Day 11 November 2018 Before watch the LIVE event of the Remembrance Day 11 November 2018. You should know some history of the Remembrance Day. Based on Wikipedia: Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919,[1] the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November in most countries to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month", in accordance with the armistice signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente between 5:12 and 5:20 that morning. ("At the 11th hour" refers to the passing of t...