November 11 is Remembrance Day in Canada. I believe it's called Veteran's Day in the US. Is this anniversary of the end of WW1 recognized in other countries? If so, what's it called?
Just curious...
Dan
November 11
by Dan B 6 Replies latest jw friends
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crownboy
2 months after Sept. 11th. (I live in NY)
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Dan B
Anybody ever heard of World War 1? The "Great War"? 1914-1918? Hello?Historians do lament the fact that this war has for the most part been forgotten. Maybe this means more to Canadians than most, since WW1 was a major milestone in the history of our country.
In fact we lost more soldiers in WW1 than we did in the next one.Who cares, right? A couple hundred thousand less boring Canadians.
Dan
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unclebruce
In Australia it's called armistice day or more commonly remmemberance day, in honour of the fallen and the signing of the armistice ending 'the Great War' on 11th November 1919.
On that day it is traditional for a dawn service to be held at cenataths accross the country and at 11am one minutes silence is observed. Buses stop running, supermarket cashiers and bank tellers turn to stone etc (some of these things are waning with the passage of time)
As a JW it wasn't easy to purposely move about humming in a supermarket while all around were deathly silent lol.
unc whose grandfather left several of his brothers fertilizing the fields of France.
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edit: It is also the day after I was married in 1979 and i'm am now wondering about the symbolism of that .. ;) -
Dan B
Thank you, Unclebruce.
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unclebruce
G'day DanB,
I bought a 40 acre property in the forest a few years ago. It had a gold mine that was started right after WW1 and was called Vimy Ridge. Curious about the name, investigation told me all about the Vimy Ridge of France and the deep meaning it holds for Canadians who fought or lost loved ones there. (I got the council to post the road name up a few months ago on the track leading through this part of the forest and, i'm not one to quibble over letters but at one end of the track they spelt it .. vimmy ridge .. ignorant sods lol.)
Now I am interested in how that name found its way here. It seems someone wanted to honour the memory of that turning point of WW1, perhaps some poor Canadian soldier got lost on his way home and ended up at the wrong end of the world .. not likely cobber..
unclebruce, raising a glass to the C.I.F.
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edit: No need to snap at people DanB .. sometimes a subject just doesn't bite ;) I was just thinking about the relevence of this to JWs and it certainly is over here. I don't know wether to laugh or cry when I think of all the veterans I promisedd eternal life to .."you've witnessed the begining of the last days and will by no means pass away before all these things occur" was the kinda crap i quoted from Matt 24 and judge blatherfraud.oh well .. never mind the last Australian soldier who served in WW1 died recently so they're all dead now .. so much for the brooklyn bible scholars.
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Haereticus
This year the 11th of November is celebrated as father's day in Finland. It is counterpart for mother's day celebrated by the second sunday of May. This father's day is also fixed to sunday so next year it will be 10th.
Here these days are sort of "be decent to me at least one day a year - never mind the rest".
We do not celebrate any of the idea described above messages.
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