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I hope people won’t forget but I have to agree with the observation it’s losing some significance. I remember having a service in school and actually learning about it. It seems more an afterthought now and just “that sorta holiday in November” for a lot of people. It frosts me that as soon as Halloween is over, it’s a Christmas onslaught. There’s nothing commercial about Remembrance Day which is why but I think it should be more revered and a stat holiday. I also think anyone why steals a poppy box needs to be publicly shamed forever, but that’s a different topic.

I have a vivid memory of being in the Bondi Beach Yacht Club in Sydney on Remembrance Day 2006. The club basically stopped everything, turned up the radio broadcast right before 11 and had a moment of silence. Everyone stood for the impromptu service. I thought it was a great touch. I wish more places did that.