Armistice Day
On 27 October 1919, a suggestion from Fitzpatrick for a moment of silence to be observed annually on November 11, in honor of the dead of World War I, was forwarded to George V, then King of the United Kingdom, who on 7 November 1919, proclaimed "that at the hour when the Armistice came into force, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, there may be for the brief space of two minutes a complete suspension of all our normal activities … so that in perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead." November 11 was the date in 1918 that the formal end of combat occurred to end WWI.
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