Veterans Day, (Armistice Day) is known for the "Silence Heard Round the World." It was Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m., when the guns finally went silent, ending World War One. The moments after the ...

The Princess of Wales was seen sipping a Guinness to mark the day with the Irish Guards. While at least two million litres of jet fuel are in the water, there is some positive news. A thermal ...

The silence is meant as a tribute to those who ... 1919 throughout Britain and the Commonwealth. Originally called Armistice Day, it commemorated the end of hostilities the previous year.

The day of the Armistice itself sparked scenes of euphoria and joy ... and wrote a piece in May 1919 suggesting a five-minute silence to remember the fallen. The idea didn't immediately take hold, but ...

Armistice Day is observed in Europe on 11 November by maintaining ‘two minutes’ silence as on this day in 1918 the World War 1 ended. I end here by quoting from the above stated Lynd’s ...

Veterans gather at the Cenotaph war memorial in London for the service of remembrance on Armistice Day in 2008. The tradition of silence began on the first Armistice Day in 1919. An Australian ...

Each year Armistice Day is marked in the UK with a two-minute silence at 11am on November 11. Events are held around the world to commemorate the historic day - with Remembrance Sunday services ...

Use the Global Player app to listen to live radio for LBC & LBC News Half a million protesters to descend on London as Met braces for ‘serious disorder’ with Armistice Day ‘ring of steel ... At 11am ...