Remembrance Day in Solymár

People in Great Britain commemorate the war dead on 11 November, Remembrance Day with the motto “Lest we forget" and poppies, the flowers of battlefields. The day was chosen because in 1918 the German army signed the ceasefire request on this day at 11:00 a.m. at Compiegne, which marked the end of the First World War. On this day every year, people pin red poppies on their clothes and at the time of the signature, at 11:00 sharp, everyone stops at workplaces and streets to observe a two-minute silence in memory of the heroes of the two world wars.

As 11 November is not a national holiday in Great Britain, the organizers hold all the official commemorative and wreath-laying ceremonies on the nearest Sunday, as did the representatives of embassies, consulates and military organizations of Great Britain, Poland, the Republic of South Africa, Canada, Cyprus, Australia, Malaysia, Belgium, France, Nigeria, Pakistan, New Zealand and India in the military cemetery of Solymár, together with Hungary’s representative Tamás Vargha, Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

After a common prayer and a wreath-laying ceremony, the event held in remembrance of the heroes who fell in the world wars continued with commemorative speeches delivered by representatives of the Anglican, Catholic, Jewish and Presbyterian communities.

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