Remembrance Day Essays

Anzac Day is a national remembrance day where Australians and New Zealanders pay tribute and commemorate all those who served in World War 1. Anzac stands for Australian New Zealand Army Corps and marks the day when the Anzac troops landed on the beach at Gallipoli in 1915. It is an important day for all Australians and New Zealanders because it celebrates our sense of mateship and national identity. Anzac Day is celebrated through dawn services, commemorative marches and remembrance services. There

Government cuts to police budgets could see annual ceremonies scaled back or completely axed!! As Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom draws ever closer, it has been told today that some Remembrance parades are could be cancelled due to the police cuts. The Labour party has sent a warning to all that the amount of police cuts that has occurred could result in annual remembrance ceremonies to be scaled back or even completely axed. Since this has been revealed, there has been a huge outcry to

out my car. The fog coated my glasses as soon as I walked into the local United Methodist Church. I was invited to play the violin for the Still Missed memorial ceremony for women who had a miscarriage and to pay tribute to those lost. On the Remembrance Day, candles were lighted in loving memory of the babies lost. October Infant Loss Awareness Month provides support to those that are suffering and grieve in silence. Families greeted each other with hugs and small talk while the children were running

Centre to meet some Canadian military veterans. I had a slight idea what was to come up, the ceremonies, stories from their time of service, and maybe a few questions about their life. But I never expected such an event to alter my thoughts of Remembrance Day. As Canadians know, every November 11th, we are expected to do two things. The first thing is to give our fallen soldiers a moment of silence to thank them for making our country a better place. The second thing is to give our surviving veterans

Saturday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked 73 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The memories of the six million Jewish martyrs who were slain must live in our minds every day of the year. Despite the progress we Jews have made since the dark days of Nazi Germany, antisemitism remains a consistent problem across the globe. We can look to Israel for hope, where the Star of David flies high above a mighty Jewish State. We can look to the (near) universal

November 28, 2014 opinion article written by Alex Paige within the Oregonian news, the Transgender Day of Remembrance occurs annually on November 20th. It is a day to remember transgender people who have been killed by acts of violence and discrimination towards the trans community. It also serves as a way to raise awareness of these crimes. The author, a transgender woman, writes her reflections of the day through discussion of the meaning, the history and the importance of it to her. Overall, her main

The true meaning of Remembrance day Most people think Remembrance day is is just a celebration that we celebrate in the eleventh month on the eleventh day in the eleventh hour. And that it is a day we have assemblies in our schools and carry poppies with us, but boy are they wrong. Remembrance day means a lot more than that. Remembrance day is truly a day we take out some of our time and appreciate the thousands of soldiers that sacrificed their lives so we could be who we are today.This soldiers

Nations, along with government leaders of Israel, and America, a remembrance day was created to honor those who have died. David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, the President of Israel, signed the creation of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in 1953. Yom HaShoah occurs on the 27th of Nisan and it is memorialized annually. The date was changed many times throughout the years. When the remembrance day was first being established, the date was planned to be the eighth

This speech was delivered on the 11th of November 1993, Remembrance Day, making it a historical, political and social address. This speech was widely televised and had a wide reach due to the event of commemorating the lost lives of the many brave souls of the Great War. The Prime Minister’s, Paul Keating, address had many purposes; the eulogy of the “Unknown Australian soldier” being the main one. This was evident by the structure of the speech and the use of strong emotive language.

The Holocaust was an enormous part of history. Not only this but, it is a reminder to the Jewish community of those who suffered. January 27 is the remembrance day of the Holocaust. Six million lost their lives during this era. Not only Jewish members were harmed; gypsies, homosexuals, disabled, and many more were also victims of this mass destruction. On April 20, 1889 Adolf Hitler was born. He lived with his father Alois Hitler, mother Klara Hitler, and his seven siblings. Growing up Adolf's

November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance. It exists as a day to honor and reflect on the lives and deaths of people who were murdered because they were, or were perceived to be, transgender. According to Transgender Europe, there have been 1,123 reported murders of transgender people worldwide in the past five years alone . To be murdered is to be mistreated, clearly, but transgender people face mistreatment in other, more subtle ways as well. Many people may believe that the realm of romantic

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day was on January 27 but the article did not only recite the mention of the day, it also included a tribute about the 300,000 people who had been either disabled or ill that were killed under the Nazis’ “euthanasia” program. Many people during the 1940s or even today know nothing about the forgotten victims before the Holocaust. The euthanasia program was used for people that were considered “not worth saving.” The article even mentions that because of the

44th president, Barack Obama, in his 2009 Holocaust Days of Remembrance Commemoration Address, discusses the effect of the Holocaust in America. Obama’s purpose is to make sure the tragedies of the Holocaust will not be repeated in the future. He adopts a purposeful tone to inspire the Nation by use of history, diction, and generalization. Obama begins his address paying oath to survivors and victims of the Holocaust by stating, ¨We gather today to mourn the loss of so many lives, and celebrate

must be remembered by all. In fact, Primo Levi, Kitty Hart-Moxon, and President Obama used their platforms to encourage Holocaust remembrance. Although Primo Levi’s poem “Shema” and Kitty Hart-Moxon’s Holocaust commemoration speech used convincing ethical appeals relating their Holocaust experiences, President Barack Obama’s speech at the Holocaust Days of Remembrance Ceremony made the strongest argument promoting Holocaust

Campaigns that make effective use of integral icons, along with brands to create the unconventional, often become most prominent and memorable to the audience. This stands the case in “Bell Canada’s Remembrance Day: Poppy” commercial. While exploring the Canadian identity generated by the non-verbal campaign, I initially experienced a sentimental display that this brand carries. This campaign in its striking style, notably unveils an honorable tribute to all the veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces

another day on the calendar! The 25th of April is a day when we bow our heads as a nation in remembrance of thousands of soldiers as young as me and as young as you. It is a day that represents what has given our country, the right to be free. It is a day that represents what has made us as a nation, become stronger. It is a day that represents the FIRST time Australia and New Zealand actually fought together, for each other and for the good of their countries. Most importantly, it is a day that represents

When we feel wronged by someone else, for something that been done to us, someone we care about or to our lineage, we seek to get revenge in one way or the other. This common mistake occurs around us in the world today. The compassionate act of forgiveness is not having the desire to punish those who offend us, or our ancestors in one way or another. Forgiveness is the quality that separates civilized human beings from animals in the wild. It is essential in overcoming anger inflicted to us by others

Elie Wiesel was a motivational holocaust survivor, and a human rights activist who won the Noble Peace prize. During World War Two Elie Wiesel and his family was captured by the Nazi soldiers and sent the concentration camps. At some point in the concentration camp he lost both of his parents and sister. They were put in the crematorium. They were only being punished for being what they are. He witnesses many casualties, and sufferings. He felt that everyone abandoned him. The things that he went

Elie Wiesel went through a lot as a holocaust survivor. Because he had to suffer in concentration camps, I think he should be one to know a lot about the perils of indifference. Elie Wiesel’s book Night, released in 1958 and his magnificent speech, The Perils of Indifference from 1999 both share and try to convince the audience about his main message, which is that indifference is dangerous. In his speech, he explains how indifference about others is much easier than caring about them, and so much

Vladeks Affected relationships A traumatic experience in life can change one’s perspective on the way they think and change the way one acts. In the Novel Maus, Art Spiegelman takes his father’s stories about the Holocaust and turns it into a comic book. In this novel, Vladek seems to have many different sides to him that are shown through the different time periods. Vladeck, Art’s father, seems to have changed from the person he was Pre-Holocaust to someone different Post-Holocaust. He lets the