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:

Commemoration dates in AustraliaAustralia:25 April: ANZAC Day.
11 November at 11.00 hrs: Remembrance Day.
Commemoration dates in BelgiumBelgium:11 November: Armistice Day.
8 May: End of WWII Day.
Commemoration dates in CanadaCanada: 20 May: Victoria Day.
11 November: Veteran's Day.
Commemoration dates in DenmarkDenmark:5 May: Frigøringsdag (Day of the Liberation).
Commemoration dates in EstoniaEstonia:8 May: Commemoration day for the victims of World War II.
14 June: Day of Mourning and Commemoration.
Commemoration dates in FranceFrance: 11 November: Armistice Day.
8 May: End of WWII Day.
25 August: Paris Liberation.
Commemoration dates in GermanyGermany: 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.
Commemoration dates in Great BritainGreat Britain:

11 November 2005: Remembrance Sunday.
11 November at 11,00 hrs: 2 Minutes of Silence.

Commemoration dates in LuxembourgLuxembourg:12 October : National Commemoration Day.
Commemoration dates in NethelandsNetherlands:4 May: Dodenherdenking (Commemoration of the Fallen).
5 May: Bevrijdingsfeesten (Celebration of the Liberation).
Commemoration dates in New ZealandNew Zealand:The Friday before Anzac Day: Poppy Day.
25 April: ANZAC Day.
11 November at 11,00 hrs: "2 min of silence" & Armistice Day.
Commemoration dates in NorwayNorway: 8 May: Frigøringsdag (Day of the Liberation).
Commemoration dates in South AfricaSouth Africa: Sunday following 11 November: Commemratives ceremonies with 2 minutes of silence.
Commemoration dates in United States of AmericaUnited States of America: Last Monday in May: Memorial Day.
14 August: VJ Day.
11 November: Veterans Day.

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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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