National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism
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The National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism is marked every year on June 23 in Canada
to mark the anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182
off the coast of Ireland
.
On this day, flags across Canada are flown at half-mast
to honour the victims of the bombing, as well as other acts of terrorist violence that have taken lives of Canadians.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
to mark the anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182
Air India Flight 182
Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal–London–Delhi route. On 23 June 1985, the airplane operating on the route a Boeing 747-237B named after Emperor Kanishka was blown up by a bomb at an altitude of , and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while in Irish airspace.A...
off the coast of Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
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On this day, flags across Canada are flown at half-mast
Half-staff
Half-staff is the American term for to describe a flag flying a flag below the summit of the flagpole . The rest of the English-speaking world uses the term half-mast. Technically the flag should be flown one breadth lower to allow for the invisible flag of death...
to honour the victims of the bombing, as well as other acts of terrorist violence that have taken lives of Canadians.