The most notable armistice, and the one which is
still meant when people say simply "The Armistice",
is the armistice
at the end of World War I, on 11 November 1918,
signed near Compiègne,
France, and effective at the "eleventh hour of the
eleventh day of the eleventh month."
An armistice is a situation where the warring
parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily
the end of a war, but can instead be just a cease fire.
It is derived from the Latin arma,
meaning weapons and statium, meaning a stopping.
This year Armistice Day was the 90th anniversary and
a special ceremony was held in the High Street Wootton
Bassett. The picture shows some of the poppy wreaths
laid in memory at the War Memorial.
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