November 11: France's Armistice Day

Bastille was a symbol of the king’s power, but fall of bastille by the ordinary people showed king’s inability to maintain the kingdom. It became the symbol of revolution to the French people. Since then Bastille Day has been recognized as a national holiday in France. The storming of the Bastille was the begging of the French revolution.

The armistice that brought the end of the war at 11am on the 11th of November 1918, was celebrated while many mourned its high cost in casualties. Australians had a high death toll and it would have been hard to find a family who was not affected by WW1. According to Retroactive 2, 155,000 were wounded and 61,720 Australians died, either at sea, in the air or more commonly on foreign ground. As a small nation, this loss of life and injury must have devastated families and

By the 1st of August 1914, Germany had declared war on Russia, as well as threatening Belgium. At this point everyone was trying to protect their country and the countries of their alliances’. So we can see that another trigger to the war was threat, threat that their land would be taken, and that their military was not large enough. So again there was this thirst for land and a need to beat others, this formation of alliances is none other than another trigger to the First World War.

Bastille Day celebrates a turning point in the French Revolution, the storming of Bastille Prison in 1789. In America, we celebrate Independence Day, or the day when the colonists declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. Both are celebrated in similar ways, with the French and Americans celebrating with fireworks and parades. Also, both points in the war were one of the riskiest moves both countries made. Declaring independence was treason, punishable by death, and storming Bastille could have caused the King to have a violent attack on the citizens. Therefore, both are similar.

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. People still remember the soldiers that fought in the battle and lost their lives. It was one of the most horrific battles in WW1 and is a good example for people today to see why war is so terrible. The reasons they may think this because of all the casualties, how Britain's plan went horrible wrong and achieved nothing.

By the time the war was over in November 1918, more than 9 million soldiers had been killed. Those who survived Gallipoli would never again mistake war for adventure. Within 24 hours the plan had failed, leaving approximately 747 Australians dead on the first day. Gallipoli has become so important to Australia’s national identity because it was the first time Australian’s fought overseas. World War 1 has shaped the way Australia’s now lives as we grow to know, and respect the Anzac legend as we understand what the soldiers did for our nation. The ANZAC legend will always live on as the stories are passed through family, to family. Anzac Day is celebrated to ensured the campaign will never be forgotten.

What is Memorial Day? Memorial Day is a holiday celebrated the last Monday of May; During Memorial Day, we celebrate those who gave all they had, physically and mentally, for the rights and privileges of this amazing country, which would be nothing without those wonderful citizens. A true meaning of Memorial Day is to honor the doughty departed, the valiant veterans and the stout-hearted soldiers, but that a merely a scratch at the surface.

Many do not know this, but the designated date of November 11 has a symbolic meaning behind it. There are specific reasons why this date was chosen as the most suitable day to honor our military veterans. The 11th of November is the precise day which symbolically, the First World War ended in 1918. The battles came to a halt at 11am, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. In 1926, Armistice Day was observed for the first time. This day was celebrated in remembrance of when an unknown American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This cemetery is a site of great honor in the United States. From that day, Armistice Day was celebrated annually as a way to pay tribute to everyone who fought in WWI. In 1938, Armistice Day was declared an official holiday. Unfortunately, although World War I was supposed to be the “war to end all wars”, that peace did not last forever. The Second World War came too in 1939. Following the realization that there would no doubt undoubtedly be more war in the

November 11th is the day that we honor those who served and died in war for our country. The 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed (VA.gov). We call it Veterans Day, but the original name was Armistice Day. June 1954, the United States Congress voted to change the name to Veterans Day because the United States had been in two wars since Armistice Day.

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War. Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November eleventh became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. It is now a holiday dedicated to American Veterans of all wars. It is important to celebrate Veterans Day to remember our military that keeps us safe, to show our appreciation for what they have done for us, and to remember their sacrifices.

As Gilbert Romme, the head of the calendar reform committee declared in his speech before the National Convention, the original calendar which was created by Roman Catholics (also known as “The Church Calendar”) did nothing but try to persecute people of great “virtue, talent, and philosophy.” (Doc. 1). Basically, since the old calendar followed old Catholic beliefs, beliefs like kings and queens being the ones with most power, rulers had control of nearly everything which allowed them persecute all the people that brought in new beliefs to the people. Kings and queens had the power to shut down anyone they wanted. Gilbert Romme is speaking for the calendar (obviously since he wants to separate from the French royalty). Romme is also a part of the Calendar Reform Committee, which is in favor of the calendar. There is also a village called St. Quirin that wrote a letter to the National Convention that talks about how they value the national regeneration. A key feature in this letter is that they have these celebrations “On each Tenth Day.” (Doc. 3). Thanks to the new ‘ten-day week’, the country of France is now able to recuperate from the very harmful rule of the kings and queens. This village is supporting the the calendar because it is doing their country well in restoring the damage that the monarchs created. This is quite similar to the Independence of The United States. To separate themselves from Britain, The United States created a document called the Declaration of Independence (in this situation, Britain being the oppressive ‘ruler/monarch’ and the U.S. being France). Just like France, the United States wanted to get out of this unfair domination, and to do that, both countries needed some certain documents to do that. The French Calendar was in charge of this, just as the Declaration of Independence was in charge of this for

After the Civil War, there were several changes that needed to be rethought and made. Some people believed that the changes were detrimental, and some believed that the changes were beneficial. The changes in American society from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century were primarily beneficial. These changes created new opportunities for Americans through advances in transportation, creation of the New South, establishment of Memorial Day, implementation of individualization, and immigration.

On holidays, we honor the great people who served our country, by hanging our flags in a memorial to them, a symbol of those who have passed.

A baby boy, named after his father, was introduced into the world on November 11, 1922; this day, better known as Armistice Day, was set aside to celebrate the peace treaty signed after World War II. The United States of America was celebrating a time of hopeful peace and prosperity. But, a world away, a young German soldier named Adolf Hitler was rising to power and gaining the support of the Bavarian Fascist Party. Ironically, this child who was born in a time of optimistic abundance would grow up amidst a horrible economic depression and would become a man as his country was preparing to enter a brutal war.

On August 3rd, 1914, after Russia refused to demobilize its forces that were protecting Yugoslavia, Germany declared war on France, saying that they had infringed upon Germany’s territory. Germany proceeded West, taking over Belgium and mobilizing its forces on Frances eastern border. England entered the war because of the invasion of Belgium and eventually other nations followed as their interests were attacked. On November 11, 1918, the War was officially over with the signing of an armistice.