We will remember them.

At 8pm (cet) this country will fall almost entirely silent. Outside every public building and many private homes the flag hangs at half-mast from 6pm until sundown.

By law shops bars and places of entertainment are closed at 7pm and between 7,45 and 8,15 no church bell will ring..
People will observe a two minute silence,at 8pm first taptoe will be played at 7,59 and then a hush will fall over the land. No music will be played on radio stations. no busses or trains will run, no plane will take off from the airport, motorists who are still out are asked to pull over if safe to do so and observe the silence.


It is a hush that is humbling in its magnitude as you are suddenly aware of how quiet the world can be without the background noise that humans create.

At 8,02 the national anthem will ring out and wreaths will be laid to honour and show our gratitude and respect those who were killed during the second world war and other conflicts since.

I am a pacifist at heart although I accept that sometimes conflict is unavoidable. I am not a flag waver or a nationalist but OH and I have always observed the two minute silence. In November we repeat that as we observe the silence during the ceremony at the cenotaph



We will remember them.

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I'm afraid I don't know which country you're talking about as your location appears to be 'at home'.

Looking at the flags, I'd hazard a guess that it's the Netherlands.

Are you ashamed enough that you don't want to state that in your posts?

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I too wondered what Country you are in ,also Im puzzled why you have this remembrance of ww2, the only time I know of remembrance is the one in November,Is there a special reason your Country remembers now ?

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Aren't those flags the Tri colour of France?
If it's remembrance day which falls on the 11th day of the eleventh month at eleven O clock, I'm afraid very little stops in this fast moving world of ours. But we still remember the fallen.
I can't figure out what happens at 8:00 p.m though.....
And 'CET' ? Central European Time perhaps?

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As Manuel in 'Fawlty Towers' would say.... Que?

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All is explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libera...y_(Netherlands)
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Hi

It is the Netherlands, their Remembrance Day is May 4th and Liberation Day, from Nazi Germany, is May 5th.

They take Rememberance Day very seriously, something that we could learn from them.

I love the Netherlands and the Dutch People, my favourite European Country.

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One of my favourite countries too.

The Netherlands is renowned for its historic organs, and the Haarlem Grote Kerk stands out as one of the highest regarded in the world!

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In the early 1970s I had to make frequent business trips to the Netherlands. The War was still very much in people’s minds. I was told that the most important question that employers asked at interviews was what did the applicants do during the Occupation (that is which side were they on?) By contrast that question was not asked in Belgium.

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A somewhat prosaic choice of dates for a remembrance anniversary. - "May the 4th be with you!!!"