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Political Calendar for the Week of November 11, 2018:
Sunday, November 11: Centennial of Armistice Day (now Veterans Day) – the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War took effect at the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918.
Sunday, November 11, 10:00 a.m. ET: Commemorative Ceremony for 100th Anniversary of the Armistice at National Cathedral. The National Cathedral in Washington D.C. will be the home of the largest commemoration of the end of the First World War in the former Allied Powers. Hundreds of major members of he governments and armed forces of the nations that composed the Allies in World War One will honor the lives of the millions of fallen men and women, and recognize the significance of the conflict, as well as how vital it is to prevent such a horrible conflict from ever happening again. The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. will hold a bell ringing ceremony at 11 am on Sunday, Nov. 11th, 2018 to commemorate the centennial of the Armistice. Local churches, schools, courthouses, and other entities are invited to participate at the time of this nationwide occasion at each respected time zone.
Sunday, November 11, 3:00 p.m.: Armistice Centenary Commemoration, at St. Michael & all Angels Episcopal Church, 602 N. Wilmot Road, Tucson. Event features music, poetry, and brief personal reflections as it moves from the “War To End All Wars” into the present. Planners state the program honors war dead and the living, veterans and all who have suffered in declared and undeclared conflicts during the past 100 years. It takes its tone from World War 1 poet / soldier Wilfred Owen’s “war and the pity of war” and includes his poetry. Owen, at 25 a promising young English poet, was killed in France on November 4, 1918, a week before the war formally ended. Free. A reception follows the commemoration. Information: (520) 886-7292. Details: Ila Abernathy, Social Action Committee, (520) 623-3063, ilaa@mindspring.com.
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