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The Roots of Remembrance Day

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The ingredients of the Remembrance Day service - the Cenotaph, the Last Post, the two-minutes' silence, the marching veterans and the laying of wreaths - have been in place since just after the First World War. But how did this enduring ceremony, so moving in its simplicity, come about in the first place? Mark Whitaker reveals the evolution of Remembrance Day. Producer Mike Hally

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Mark Whitaker
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Mike Hally
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