Dates of War Commemorations
Every day throughout the year:
Menin
Gate, Ieper (B-WWI): Last Post at 20.00 hrs.
Arc
de Triomphe, Paris (F-WWI & WWII): Sonnerie aux Morts (Last Post) at 18.30
hrs.
Memorial
Chamber to the Parliament Hill, Ottawa (CAN-WW1 & WWII): Turning of
the Page of Remembrance Book Ceremony at 11.00 hrs a.m.
National Remembrance or Memorial Days: | ||
 | Australia: | 25
April:  .11 November at 11.00 hrs: Remembrance Day. |
 | Belgium: | 11
November: Armistice Day. 8 May: End of WWII Day. |
 | Canada: | 20
May: Victoria Day. 11 November: Veteran's Day. |
 | Denmark: | 5 May: Frigøringsdag (Day of the Liberation). |
 | Estonia: | 8
May: Commemoration day for the victims of World War II. 14 June: Day of Mourning and Commemoration. |
 | France: | 11 November:
Armistice Day. 8 May: End of WWII Day. 25 August: Paris Liberation. |
 | Germany: | 27 January:
Tag des Gedenkes an die Opfer des Natioinalsocialismus (Day commemorating the
victims of nationalsocialism). 20 July: Gedenken an den Widerstand (Commemoration of the Resistance). Volkstreuretag (Day of popular mourning): 2nd Sunday before the 1st Sunday in Advent. |
 | Great Britain: | 11
November 2005: Remembrance
Sunday. |
 | Luxembourg: | 12 October : National Commemoration Day. |
 | Netherlands: | 4
May: Dodenherdenking (Commemoration of the Fallen). 5 May: Bevrijdingsfeesten (Celebration of the Liberation). |
 | New Zealand: | The
Friday before Anzac Day: Poppy Day. 25 April: .11 November at 11,00 hrs: "2 min of silence" & Armistice Day. |
 | Norway: | 8 May: Frigøringsdag (Day of the Liberation). |
 | South Africa: | Sunday following 11 November: Commemratives ceremonies with 2 minutes of silence. |
 | United States of America: | Last
Monday in May: Memorial Day. 14 August: VJ Day. 11 November: Veterans Day. |
Remembrance dates in 2009
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| January 27: | Amsterdam - Auschwitz commemoration (NL-WWII). |
| January 27: | Holocaust Memorial Day. (B-D-DK-EE-SF-F-IT-NL-SE-USA-WWII). |
| February 25: | Amsterdam, statue "Dokwerker" - commemoration of the strike in 1941 (NL-WWII). |
| April 10: | Buchenwald - Remembrance ceremony commemorating the liberation of the camp. (D-WWII) |
| April 11: |
Dora-Mittelbau - Remembrance ceremony commemorating the liberation of the camp. (D-WWII) |
| April 12: | Camps in the neighbourhood of Dora-Mittelbau - Remembrance ceremonies commemorating the liberation of the camps. (D-WWII) |
| April 13: | "Isenschnibbe" Memorial and Cemetery - Remembrance ceremony commemorating the liberation of the camps. (D-WWII) |
| April 14: | Bergen-Belsen - Remembrance ceremony commemorating the liberation of the camp. (D-WWII) |
| April 19: | Holocaust Day - Yom Hashoah - 2 minutes of silence all over the country (IL-WWI). |
| April 24: | Zeebrugge - St.George's Day (B-WWI). |
| April 25: | Ieper - Anzac Day (B-WWI). |
| April 25: | Villers-Bretonneux - Anzac Day (F-WWI). |
| April 25: | København - Anzac Day (DK-WWI). |
| April 25: | throughout Great Britain - Anzac Day (GB-WWI & WWII). |
| May 2: | Sicily-Rome American Cemetery - WWII Commemorative events (I-WWII) |
| May 4: | throughout the Netherlands - Dodenherdenking (NL-WWII). |
| May 5: | throughout the Netherlands - Bevrijdingsfeesten. |
| May 5: | Wageningen - Commemoration & Parade (NL-WWII). |
| May 5: | throughout Denmark - Commemoration Fallen (DK-WWII). |
| May 5: | Florence American Cemetery - WWII Commemorative events (I-WWII) |
| May 8: | Netherlands American Cemetery - WWII Commemorative events (NL--WWII) |
| May 8: | throughout Norway - Frigøringsdag (N-WWII). |
| May 25: | Kortrijk - Slag om de Leie/Bataille de la Lys (B-WWII). |
| May 28: | Ardennes American Cemetery - Memorial Day (B-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery - Memorial Day (B-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Luxembourg American Cemetery - Memorial Day (L-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Aisne-Marne American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Brittany American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Brookwood American Cemetery - Memorial Day (GB-WWI&WWI) |
| May 28: | Epinal American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Flanders Field American Cemetery - Memorial Day (B-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Lorraine American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Netherlands American Cemetery - Memorial Day (NL-WWI & WWII) |
| May 28: | Normandy American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Oise-Aisne American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Rhone American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | St. Mihiel American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Somme American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | American Cathedral in Paris - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Suresnes American Cemetery - Memorial Day (F-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Sicily-Rome American Cemetery - Memorial Day (I-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Florence American Cemetery - Memorial Day (I-WWI&WWII) |
| May 28: | Cambridge American Cemetery - Memorial Day (GB-WWI&WWII) |
| June 6: | Normandy American Cemetery - WWII Commemorative events(F-WWII) |
| June 14: | Day of Mourning and Commemoration (EE-WWII) |
| June
18: | Zedelgem - Canadian ceremony (B-WWII). |
| June 25: | Langdorp - Remembrance Service Allied air crew (B-WWII). |
| June 26: | Luxembourg - Ceremony Allied Memorial (L-WWI & WWII). |
| July 1: | Albert - Battle of the Somme (F-WWI). |
| July 1: | Beaumont-Hamel - Battle of the Somme (F-WWI). |
| July 1: | La Boisselle Lochnagar Crater - Battle of the Somme (F-WWI) |
| July 1: | Fricourt - Battle of the Somme (F-WWI). |
| July 1: | Thiepval Memorial - Battle of the Somme (F-WWI). |
| July 1: | Thiepval Ulster Tower - Battle of the Somme (F-WWI). |
| July 3: | Luxemburg - Remembrance of the Shoah (l-WWII). |
| July 7: | Doel - Commemoration Liberation (B-WWII). |
| July 13: | London, Cenotaph - Parade Belgian War Veterans (GB-WWII). |
| July 31: | Nieuwpoort - Commemoration King Albert I (B-WWI). |
| August: | Andenne - Massacre of civilians (B-WWI). |
| August: | Tamines -Massacre of civilians (B-WWI). |
| August: | Dinant - Massacre of civilians (B-WWI). |
| August: | Fort Breendonk - Annual commemoration (B-WWII). |
| August 12: | Meensel-Kiezegem - Commemoration deportation of civilian population (B-WWII). |
| August 14: | Halen - Battle of the Silver Helmets (B-WWI). |
| August 15: | Fort de Loncin in 1914 (B-WWI). |
| August 18: | Helsingør - Forsvarets Dag (DK-WWI & WWII). |
| August 23: | Diksmuide - Battle of the Yser (B-WWI). |
| August 23: | Diksmuide - 12th Manitoba Dragoons (B-WWI). |
| August 24: | Passendale - Battle of the Yser (B-WWI). |
| August 24: | Passendale - Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (B-WWI). |
| August 25: | Jalhay - Remembrance Service Allied air crew (B-WWII). |
| August 25: | Paris - Commemoration Liberation (F-WWII) |
| August 31: | Witz - Ceremony at National Monument of the Strike (L-WWII). |
| September: | Heverlee - Ceremony British cemetery (B-WWII). |
| September 3: | Brussels - Commemoration of the Liberation (B-WWII). |
| September 3: | Antwerpen - Commemoration Belgian Sailors (B-WWII). |
| September 3: | Antwerpen Harbour - Commemoration Resistance fighters fallen during the Liberation (B-WWII). |
| September 4: | Antwerpen - Cromwell Tank Memorial (B-WWII). |
| September 10: | Koksijde - Commemoration (B-WWI & WWII). |
| September 10: | Maldegem - Ceremony Canadian cemetery (B-WWII). |
| September 10: | Oostkamp - Commemoration of the Battle (B-WWII). |
| September 18: | Thorn - Commemoration Liberation (NL-WOII & B-WOII). |
| October 1: | Scheveningen - Herdenking "Oranjehotel" (NL-WWII). |
| October 6: | Jehanster - Remembrance Service air crew (B-WWII). |
| October 20: | Kalmthout - Commemoration Liberation (B-WWII). |
| November 1: | Gent - Commemoration victims (B-WWI & WWII). |
| November 1-3: | Knokke - Commemoration Liberation (B-WWII). |
| November 11: | Armistice Day (B-WWI, F-WWI, GR-WWI, L-WWI). |
| November 11: | Paris - Wreath-laying at the Unknown Soldier and Parade of the French Forces (F-WWI & WWII). |
| November 11: | Brussels - Wreath-laying at the Unknown Soldier and Parade of Veterans and Forces (B-WWI & WWII). |
| November 11: | Luxemburg - Remembrance day of the forces enlisting and of the return of the luxemburgish prisoners of war (L-WWII). |
| November 11: | Remembrance Sunday (GB-WWI & WWII). |
| November 11: | Maldegem - Commemoration Polish Forces (B-WWII). |
| November 11: | Remembrance Service and ceremony Kviberg cemetery (S-WWII). |
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