Armistice Day: Quick Facts

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Nov. 12, 2026

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The Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall, London, is adorned with wreaths of red poppies and flags, with a crowd and uniformed band gathered for Remembrance Sunday.

A black and white photograph depicting the signing of the World War I Armistice inside a railway car. From left, the figures are Ernst Vanselow, Alfred von Oberndorff, and Detlev von Winterfeldt. Seated second from the right is John Arthur Ransome Marriott. Standing opposite the German delegation is French Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Other Allied and German military personnel stand behind the principa

World War I: armistice

A French soldier, an American sailor, and a Red Cross worker smile and wave French and American flags while celebrating Armistice Day in Paris, November 11, 1918.

Illustrated page from In Flanders Fields featuring the poem's opening lines beside a field of red poppies and two wooden crosses, with a decorative letter I adorned with poppy flowers.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stand outdoors, holding hands and looking at each other during a commemorative ceremony in Compiegne, France.

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