November 11 Remembrance Day - Aide memoire
The Remembrance Day Aide Memoire is a guide that provides a general history of Remembrance Day and the ceremonial guidelines on how the Canadian Armed Forces conduct remembrance ceremonies.
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“This modern tendency to scorn and ignore tradition and to sacrifice it to administrative convenience is one that wise men will resist in all branches of life, but more especially in our military life.”
Field Marshal Lord Wavell
Address to the officers of the Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada,
Montreal, 1949
REFERENCES
NOTE
Some of the links provided in this document are for the National Defence Intranet Site, and are not available to the public.
- CFP A-AD-200-000/AG-000 The Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces
- CFP A-PD-201-000/PT-000 The Canadian Armed Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial
- CFP A-DH-265-000/AG-001 Canadian Armed Forces Dress Instructions
- King’s Regulations and Orders
- CANFORGEN 167/11 CMP 082/11 141244Z SEP 11 NDCDC 01/11
- Customs and Traditions of the Canadian Forces by E.C.Russell, 1980
- New Oxford Dictionary of English
- Department of Canadian Heritage website
- Department of Veterans Affairs Canada Website
- Royal Canadian Legion
- Directorate of History and Heritage
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