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Archive => Archived Boards => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: admin on January 19, 2008, 07:56:49 AM
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Number 10 Downing Street has approved a petition that was launched requesting a new public holiday falling on the Monday after Rembrance Sunday in November each year. To be known as the National Remembrance Holiday, it has three aims:
1. To emphasise the remembrance of those servicemen and women who have given, and continue to give, their lives for Britain
2. To remind people of the importance of protecting our Nation and what it stands for
3. To break that 3 month period between the August Public Holiday and Christmas when there are currently no long weekends, especially as the UK has fewer public holidays than most European Countries.
If you agree with the idea, please sign up to the petition - it doesn't take long - and it would be great if you were to forward the link to other people as well. If you are not interested, just ignore this. This is not just about another bank holiday, but more importantly about having a designated day to remember all those people that sacrificed thier lives for our freedom.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/remembermonday/