17 Facts About Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.

The initial Armistice Remembrance Day was observed at Buckingham Palace, commencing with King George V hosting a "Banquet in Honour of the President of the French Republic" during the evening hours of 10 November 1919.

The first official Armistice Remembrance Day was held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace the following morning.

When Remembrance Day falls on a normal working day in Melbourne and other major cities, buglers from the Australian Defence Force often play the "Last Post" at major street corners in the CBD.

In interwar Australia, Remembrance Day was a popular public commemoration.

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In recent decades, Remembrance Day has been largely eclipsed as the national day of war commemoration by ANZAC Day, which is a public holiday in all states.

In Canada, Remembrance Day is a statutory holiday in all three territories and in six of the ten provinces.

Nova Scotia recognizes the day separately under their provincial Remembrance Day act; but Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec do not treat the day as an official holiday in any capacity.

From 1921 to 1930, the Armistice Remembrance Day Act provided that Thanksgiving would be observed on Armistice Remembrance Day, which was fixed by statute on the Monday of the week in which 11 November fell.

In 1994, National Aboriginal Veterans Remembrance Day was inaugurated to recognise the contribution of Aboriginal soldiers.

In 2001, Merchant Navy Remembrance Day was created by the Canadian parliament, designating 3 September as a day to recognise the contributions and sacrifice of Canadian merchant mariners.

Armistice Remembrance Day was observed in New Zealand between the World Wars, although it was always secondary to Anzac Remembrance Day.

Remembrance Day is officially observed in Northern Ireland in the same way as in the rest of United Kingdom, although it tends to be associated more with the unionist community.

Remembrance Day is a national holiday in France and Belgium.

In Israel there are two ceremonies, the first being in Jerusalem, at the British War Cemetery on the Saturday before Remembrance Sunday, organised by the British Consul in Jerusalem.

In Russia, Remembrance Day is celebrated on August 1 since 2012, in memory of the declaration of the war of Russia by the German Empire at the same day in 1914.

Veterans Remembrance Day is observed with memorial ceremonies, salutes at military cemeteries, and parades.