Should Remembrance Sunday be moved to VE Day?

Question

VE Day on May 8th or closest Sunday and veterans of Far East VJ Day ? After all there are no veterans alive from WW1 and it would have more meaning for the veterans of WW2 to commemorate the days that relate to the actual conflict in which they fought . Elderly men & women also wouldn't have to parade for hours on a cold November morning.

Answer 1

“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.” - Laurence Binyon



For your tomorrows they gave their today, respect them, Respect.

Answer 2

No. You don't have to have people alive to commemorate a special day. Remembrance Sunday has already been altered to comply with business needs - it should be on whatever day November 11th falls on in order to remember that WW1 ended at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month - and honoured with one minute's silence and everything stopping.



The poppy - and the commemoration on Remembrance Sunday - is for all soldiers who have fought in any war since 1914. To move it to VE Day would be an insult for the already 'forgotten army' who continued fighting WW11 in the Far East for months after victory in Europe was achieved. The elderly men and women who parade for hours are proud to do so. It is there way of saying, 'we will remember them' !

Answer 3

VE Day is when WW2 ended. Armistice Sunday has always been 11th November. Originally to remember the dead from the Great War of 1914-18. It now incorporates the dead of both World Wars and any conflict that has taken place afterwards. It should remain on the day that commemorates the signing of the armistice.

We have already got rid of Trafalgar Day and Empire Day, let's not degenerate Armistice Day

Answer 4

It is never too early to wear a poppy, and while we are on the subject.....



It is way past time that Remembrance Day was celebrated on the 11th Nov and not the Sunday closest to it, the London thingie I mean.



I am really glad that over the past few years at 11 am on 11/11 many people observe the silence. For a very long time this was not the case in public.

Answer 5

i'm no longer distant places, yet i'm Indian via hereditary. i could combat for England, as did each and all the squaddies who've carried out so from the commonwealth. in certainty, no longer in basic terms the White community fought for the British, it became into all their matters Black and White. How an Indian virtually 60-70 years in the past who had in no way seen England fought for the Queen and the country and gave his life willingly. It does harm to be sure those perspectives so one sided, yet on the tip of the day it is my u . s . a ., and for the sake of my u . s . a . i could provide my life, as long because it did no longer ensue in a nightclub brawl or McDonald's. I certainly have made a life in England and have no company roots in India, if i became into to return there is not any longer something for me. My friends and my background stands right here.

Answer 6

no, Remembrance day is for all soldiers that fell in battle and who were wounded.The first World was was far worse for the troops than the second war,hard to believe but true .Although there is no persons alive who was involved there are many of their children who remembers them suffering. I for one ,my father had terrible wounds and was deafened by shells at the battle in Ypres. Let us keep some tradition.

Answer 7

No remembrance day has been that date since the end of the first world war.

It is a day when all service men are remembered.

Answer 8

Nov 11 marks the signing of the Armistice, it is a proper day to celebrate and remember.

Please keep this tradition.

Answer 9

No, because it is intended to remember ALL servicemen killed in action. What relevance does any other date have to those killed in Korea, Palestine, N.Ireland, or anywhere else.

Answer 10

No