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| Cheering soldiers after hearing cease fire |
On the 11 hour of November 11, 1918 World War One ended. All nations had agreed to stop fighting while the peace terms were decided. The war came formally to a close on June 28, 1919. One hundred years later the countries that participated in The Great War are remembering those who died. In England the 888,246 ceramic poppies that were made to commemorate every British casualty during the war will be on display and will remain so for the rest of the month. In France a ring with hundreds of thousands of names engraved on it was placed on a hillside that used to be a battleground. In Germany there is no celebration, but there is remembrance of the 9.6 million soldiers that died in the war. In America Veterans Day is not only about the close of The War to End All Wars, but it is also a day to honor our current service members and those who have served.
Even though the whole world remembers the end of WWI, those European countries that were first to fight remember it the most. While in America it is a holiday, in England, France, Russia, and Germany it is more than just a holiday, for they began it.
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| Poppies in tower of London's mote, photo by Getty Images |
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British sailors marching.
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