commemorations

Millions of Britons stay home on Remembrance Sunday as commemorations move online

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Millions of people across the UK will be privately paying their respects as they mark Remembrance Sunday at home this year after the coronavirus pandemic forced many commemorations to be scaled back. The annual service at the Cenotaph in London will go ahead on Sunday, with the ceremony being held outdoors and invited guests required to … Read more

Thousands expected at March on Washington commemorations

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The young granddaughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave an impassioned speech that vowed her generation will ‘fulfill my grandfather’s dream’, as the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd demanded justice as they spoke before 50,000 people at the March on Washington’s 57th anniversary.  50,000 people gathered for the March on Washington where … Read more