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===Barbados=== [[File:Barbados Remembrance Day.jpg|thumb|A Remembrance Day parade and service in [[Bridgetown, Barbados]], 2019]] In Barbados, Remembrance Day is not a [[Public holidays in Barbados|public holiday]]. It is recognised as 11 November, but the parade and ceremonial events are carried out on Remembrance Sunday.<ref>{{cite news|title=Remembrance Day Parade |author=Staff writer |url=http://www.cbc.bb/index.pl/article?id=5297144 |agency=[[Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation]] |publisher=CBC |id=5297144 |date=9 November 2009 |access-date=10 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230714/http://www.cbc.bb/index.pl/article?id=5297144 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The day is commemorated to recognise the Barbadian soldiers who died fighting in the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World Wars]]. The parade is held at [[National Heroes Square|National Heroes' Square]], where an interdenominational service is held.<ref>{{cite news|first=Donna |last=Sealy |title=Salute to war dead |url=http://www.nationnews.com/news/local/remembrance-day-FRONT-PAGE-OTHER |newspaper=[[The Daily Nation (Barbados)|Nation Newspaper]] |date=9 November 2009 |access-date=10 November 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The [[Governor-General of Barbados|Governor-General]] and Barbadian [[Prime Minister of Barbados|Prime Minister]] are among those who attend, along with other government dignitaries and the heads of the [[Royal Barbados Police Force|police]] and [[Barbados Defence Force|military]] forces. During the main ceremony a [[Gun salute#Heavy arms: gun salutes|gun salute]], wreaths, and prayers are also performed at the war memorial Cenotaph at the heart of Heroes' Square in [[Bridgetown]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Sherrylyn |last=Clarke |url=https://www.nationnews.com/2020/10/31/remembrance-day-parade-november-8/ |title=Remembrance Day Parade on November 8 |publisher=Nation News |date=31 October 2020 |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref>
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