Yeah, as I stated above, it is basically the same thing worldwide, save for a variation in namesake. The holiday is basically set up to honor and commerate the memory of the fallen in WWI, but it has now been incorporated to pay respects to all veterans of the military.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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