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| Subject: Re: Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) | |
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Author: Vernon (Silrnce!) |
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Date Posted: 9/11/07 9:17am In reply to: jim brindley 's message, "Re: Remembrance Day (Armistice Day)" on 9/11/07 8:31am Hi Jim, I am a bit confused now too,as i remember it being 1 minute,however loking at some info on the Net,there are conflicting writings on it?? Remembrance Day Silence The central element of Remembrance Day ceremonies is the one minute silence. A Melbourne journalist, Edward George Honey, first proposed a period of silence for national remembrance in a letter published in the London Evening News on 8 May 1919. The suggestion came to the attention of King George V. After testing the practicality of five minutes silence - a trial was held with five Grenadier Guardsmen standing to attention for the silence - the King issued a proclamation on 7 November 1919 which called for a two-minute silence. His proclamation requested that "all locomotion should cease, so that, in perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead". At 11am on 11 November 1919, Australians, for the first time, paused and stood in silent tribute to the men and women of the Australian Imperial Force who died on battlefields in the Middle East, Gallipoli and Europe. In 1997 the Governor-General issued a Proclamation urging all Australians to observe the one minute silence on Remembrance Day. It is still appropriate for two minutes silence to be observed. So the last paragraph ?? How does one take it now!! May be you can verify!! THANKS vERNON r697530 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) | Connie Newman (Silence) | 9/11/07 10:06am |
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