On Tuesday November 11th, a lot of ceremonies were held in Europe (France, England) and in the United States to remember the 90th anniversary of the end of the World War I. “At 1100 GMT, a two-minute silence was observed, marking the time - at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - when the Armistice Treaty came into effect to end the war.”
In United States actual President G.W. Bush gave a speech in New York, and the President-elect Barack Obama honored the American troops that participated in Chicago's Soldier Field.
In England three surviving British veterans attended the ceremony, while in France, in Verdun where two of the most powerful troops clashed during the War: French and German, neither German nor French veteran attended, because according to the BBC's Europe correspondent, Jonny Dymond, no one survived. Since the World War I finished, Verdun has been a symbol of the Franco- German Armistice.
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