Remembrance Day Explained: Why It Matters 🇬🇧

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Every year the country comes together for Remembrance Sunday. A period of silence is held at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars around the world.

Remembrance Day - is on Saturday this year - and marks the actual day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918.

Remembrance Sunday is also marked each year, and usually falls on the second Sunday in November. The royal family will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph and the UK will have a moment of silence at 11 o'clock on that day as part of the commemorations.

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