Remembrance day
Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities. Hostilities formally ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” of 1918, 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 the 11th hour, or 11:00 am.) The First World War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919. {source Wikipedia}
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Canadians began to commemorate their veterans and war dead as early as 1890, when Decoration Day began to be observed on 2 June, the anniversary of the 1866 Battle of Ridgeway against the Fenians, who were Irish settlers in the United States and supporters of the Independent Irish republic and this movement against Canadian provinces {as a part of the British monarchy} should help negotiate Irish independence with the United Kingdom, which ignored Irish request for the independence.
A further observance was held on 27 February, from 1900 to 1918, to mark the Canadian victory over the Boers at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900, as a part of the Boers wars in South Africa. Wars, fought by the British Empire, {Canada involved}, over the control of two Boers independent republics in Cape Colony after discovering huge gold resources in the region: South African Republic and Orange Free State, which after the lost wars ceased to exist and 1902 were annexed to the British Empire.
Today is a day of “remembrance for the men and women who have served, and continue to serve Canadian establishment during times of war, conflict, and peace”; particularly the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, and all conflicts since then in which members of the Canadian Armed Forces have participated.
Basically is the day when people in Commonwealth countries commemorate their deaths from all wars. Dead, which is often honored as the death of heroes for the country, monarchy, or so calls freedom; death of millions of people, including fathers, mothers, family members, and friends for the higher good. In reality, those enormous numbers of dead people were victims. The victims of manipulation by the state representatives or other authorities, for their own personal benefits, covered by the nice words about the country, freedom, king, or religions, always under some flag, and very often in the position of the aggressors to force they own will to somebody else. The victims, on both sides of the wars were followed by millions of personal tragedies.
Tragedies, which we are witnessing even today in the ongoing wars, civil wars, terroristic insurgency, drug wars, or ethnic violence. Wars, that governments worldwide still support behind the nice words about freedom and peace apart from the cost, human causality, and environmental disasters. By the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute {SIPRI} global military spending raised to almost 2 trillion USD. No need to mention human potential which can be used from the military to something more useful as for real education, soil cultivation, agriculture, and more. What about the earth, soil, and water degradation; all ecosystems are destroyed by all those wars run by greed, and power under false flags.
All history of the wars is the same ongoing game following the quote: “Divide and rules”, and one of the tools of population control. Lest we forget.
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