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A national day for commemoration of the New Zealand Wars has struggled for attention and public engagement. So did Anzac Day once, and its survival can provide useful lessons.
Poppy wreaths placed around the Cenotaph on Whitehall.
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Politicians wishing to stoke divisions invoke the Cenotaph knowing it will be a successful gambit because so many find solace in its meaning.
Vice President Mike Pence joins military officers and a chaplain on Aug. 23, 2019 in a prayer for two Army men who died during operations in Afghanistan.
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When the US entered World War I in 1917, military chaplains catered to majority white and Christian soldiers. Today the armed forces recognize over 200 denominations and religious groups.
Memory can serve as a heavy reminder of the past. Indigenous people gather in Shubenacadie, N.S., in June 2008 to remember the residents of a former residential school and the abuses they suffered.
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Memories can be powerful tools to address humanity’s most difficult political, sociological and environmental problems
Veterans for Peace gather for a Veterans Day ceremony at the Minnesota State Capitol mall, Nov. 11, 2014, in St. Paul.
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Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.
Thousands of university staff died in the conflict.
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Estimates suggest that Oxford lost 19% of those who served, Cambridge 18%, and Manchester and Glasgow 17%.
A member of Veterans for Peace marches during the annual Veterans Day parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2017.
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Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.
Commonwealth war cemetery at Ypres, Belgium.
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100 years after the end of World War I, some of its brutal lessons.
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Red or white, it doesn’t matter what colour your poppy is if you respect the sacrifice it represents.