Most of the Remembrance Day customs we know and participate in originated after the First World War. Observing a silence at 11 o'clock on 11th November began in 1919 and wearing poppies a year later.

When was the very first Remembrance Sunday?

The observance originated in 1919 on the first anniversary of the 1918 armistice that ended World War I and was known as Armistice Day. It was commemorated in 1921 with the burial of an unknown soldier from World War I at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

When was the first ever Remembrance Day?

Remembrance Day was first observed in 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth. It was originally called “Armistice Day” to commemorate armistice agreement that ended the First World War on Monday, November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.—on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.