Veterans Day 2026: America, Britain and Canada fall silent to honour those who served.
At eleven o'clock this morning, Britain fell silent for two minutes to mark Armistice Day, 108 years after the guns of the First World War fell silent in 1918. On Sunday, King Charles led the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London, where 10,000 veterans marched past. In the United States, the same date is Veterans Day, a federal holiday honouring everyone who has served in the armed forces.
This year, one veteran's story has captured the spirit of the day. Dakota Meyer, awarded the Medal of Honor in 2011 for his actions in Afghanistan, re-enlisted in the Marines last year — the first Medal of Honor recipient ever to put the uniform back on. He has since completed reconnaissance Marine training at 38 and now advises the Pentagon on fixing a $285 billion backlog of repairs to military barracks.
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