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Originally Posted by centaur532
We call it remembrance day in the UK. It's more about remembering those who gave their lives for our country. We do honour the veterans too, but it's more about making sure no one is forgotten.
If I hadn't been asleep at 11am I would have paid my respects properly.
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I think it's a little different in the States -- we have Memorial Day in May for remembering those who lost their lives in war, so Veterans' Day is as much about the living vets as those who died. It's not at all a pro-war day (or shouldn't be), but is considered more of a day to stop and say "Thank you."
We observed the 11th hour at Arlington National Cemetery.
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