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Remembrance acts mark sacrifices | Remembrance acts mark sacrifices |
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Acts of Remembrance have been held across Northern Ireland, 90 years after the end of the First World War. | |
In Belfast, the Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph was led by the High Sheriff, Councillor Margaret McKenzie. | |
Up to 1,000 people were in the grounds of the City Hall for the ceremony, which included a fly-past by three helicopters. | |
A two-minute silence was held at 1100 GMT to remember those who died serving their country. | |
The Queen is leading tributes at the annual service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in central London. | |
BELFAST CENOTAPH class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7718475.stm">In pictures: Belfast remembrance | |
This year that march includes ex-servicemen and women from Northern Ireland for the first time. | |
The Somme Heritage Centre in Newtownards, County Down, has been 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. |