Update from the 2012 WWBN Election Newsroom...
Polls closed just minutes ago but with the expertise of the finest countermonkey's have projected a landslide win for former WWBN Mad Mad World Host Dunena Reid.
Exit poll results give a strong 80% majority result for the newcomer with some even choosing to vote for exotic animals then give a vote to Frump in what has to be his worst result ever.
You heard it here first, Dunena Reid is the new American Minister for Magic!
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11/11/11 - Remembrance Day
Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:21 am
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries to remember the members of their armed forces who have died on duty since World War I.
This day, or alternative dates, are also recognised as special days for
war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is
observed on 11 November to recall the official end of World War I on
that date in 1918, as the major hostilities of World War I were formally
ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918 with
the German signing of the Armistice (Note that "at the 11th hour", refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 a.m.)
The day was specifically dedicated by King George V,
on 7 November 1919, to the observance of members of the armed forces
who were killed during World War I. This was possibly done upon the
suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.[1]
The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem In Flanders Fields. These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilt in the war.
This day, or alternative dates, are also recognised as special days for
war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is
observed on 11 November to recall the official end of World War I on
that date in 1918, as the major hostilities of World War I were formally
ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918 with
the German signing of the Armistice (Note that "at the 11th hour", refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 a.m.)
The day was specifically dedicated by King George V,
on 7 November 1919, to the observance of members of the armed forces
who were killed during World War I. This was possibly done upon the
suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.[1]
The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem In Flanders Fields. These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilt in the war.
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