remembrance day

Armistice Day: November 11, 2009

Armistice day is observed in France.

Armistice day is the day that is celebrated every year keeping in mind the symbolic end of the first world war which falls on the first of November in the year 1918. It also commemorates the armistice that is signed between Germany and the allies at Rethondes in France. This was for the cessation of the hostilities on the western front. This took effect from about eleven in the morning. It is also the eleventh hour of the eleventh day which also falls on the eleventh month. This date was officially marked as a day to end the war and reflect the cease fire in the western front.

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