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Red Shawl Day is an annual national effort to bring attention to the acts of violence committed against Indigenous people, particularly women and children.  America‘s national parks are part of and surrounded by many Indigenous communities.  Being aware and spreading awareness of this issue

Initiated on the first anniversary of the 1918 signing of the Armistice, November 11 became a federal holiday in 1938.  First called Armistice Day, in 1954 it was renamed Veterans' Day.  A version of remembrance is held in Commonwealth countries