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| Remembrance acts mark sacrifices | Remembrance acts mark sacrifices |
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| Acts of Remembrance are being held across Northern Ireland on Sunday, 90 years after the end of the First World War. | Acts of Remembrance are being held across Northern Ireland on Sunday, 90 years after the end of the First World War. |
| In Belfast, the Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph will be led by the High Sheriff, Councillor Margaret McKenzie. | In Belfast, the Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph will be led by the High Sheriff, Councillor Margaret McKenzie. |
| A two-minute silence will be held at 1100 GMT to remember those who died serving their country. | |
| The Queen will lead the tributes at the annual service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in central London. | The Queen will lead the tributes at the annual service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in central London. |
| This year that march will include ex-servicemen and women from Northern Ireland for the first time. | This year that march will include ex-servicemen and women from Northern Ireland for the first time. |
| The Somme Heritage Centre in Newtownards, County Down, is hosting a weekend of activities to highlight the role in the allied victory played by more than 200,000 Irish soldiers. | The Somme Heritage Centre in Newtownards, County Down, is hosting a weekend of activities to highlight the role in the allied victory played by more than 200,000 Irish soldiers. |
| The centre's director, Carol Walker, said for a long time the people of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic had had differing attitudes towards remembering the war. | The centre's director, Carol Walker, said for a long time the people of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic had had differing attitudes towards remembering the war. |
| "Certainly in the south of Ireland for a long time it was memories that were put away - maybe hidden in a shoebox and put under the bed or up in the roof space. | "Certainly in the south of Ireland for a long time it was memories that were put away - maybe hidden in a shoebox and put under the bed or up in the roof space. |
| "But differently in the north, particularly amongst the Protestant community, it would've been remembered more." | "But differently in the north, particularly amongst the Protestant community, it would've been remembered more." |
| This was now changing, she added. | This was now changing, she added. |