A celebration was held a year later at Buckingham Palace, with King George V hosting a "Banquet in Honour of The President of the French Republic", with the first official Armistice Day events held at Buckingham Palace on the morning of 11 November 1919.
We can recognize the day as Veterans Day or Armistice Day.If we wish to recognize Veterans Day — a day of sales in stores and restaurants, a day that shows off military displays that glorify war and gives lip service to men
Pupils at Acres Hill primary school in Darnall, Sheffield, made a clay poppy sculpture inspired by the iconic Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red art installation at the Tower of London . Katrina Scott, deputy headteacher said: “Our aim was to help
November 11, 1940, Armistice Day, will continue to be remembered as one of the darkest days in hunting for the modern era. Renamed in 1954 as Veterans Day, Armistice Day previously celebrated the end of World War One. In 1940, as war raged in Europe
Armistice Day parade in Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 1942 (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress). The Origin of Veterans Day. Why do we celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 11? Well, during World War I, on the eleventh hour of the