National Unity and Armed Forces Day in Italy
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Italy's National Unity and Armed Forces Day marks the end of fighting on the Italian front in the First World War and honours the armed forces. Its date recalls the armistice with Austria-Hungary taking effect in 1918.
How it is celebrated: military ceremonies, flag raisings, and wreath-laying take place at memorials. Rome's Altar of the Fatherland, which holds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, is a focal point of remembrance.
Italy's Unknown Soldier was buried there on this very day in 1921. The tomb became a national place of remembrance for the fallen.