So 11th Novembre is the Remembrance Day; it is a national holiday in France and Belgium. The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on 7 November 1919 as a day of remembrace for members of the armed forces who are killing during World War I. The Initial or Very First Armistice Day was held at Buckingham Palace commercing with King george V hosting a 'Banquet in Honour of the President of the French Republic' during the evening hours of November 10, 1919. Tre red remembrace day/poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrace Day due to the poem 'In Flanders Fields'.
It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiegne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, wich took effect at 11.00 a.m. in the morning. The Armistice Day is one of most important military celebration in France, since it was a major French victory and the French paid a heavy prince in blood to archive it.
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