Act of Remembrance service with the national two-minute silence marking the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
St Albans Cathedral holds its Act of Remembrance on Wednesday 11 November, from 11:00am to 11:15am. It's a short service, but the whole thing is built around the national two-minute silence at 11am, so that's the moment the city really comes to a stand.
The date itself marks the Armistice of 11 November 1918, when the guns fell silent and the fighting of the First World War ended. More than a century on, the city still pauses to remember those who lost their lives in war, those who served, and all whose lives were changed by conflict. It's a simple enough premise, but it's one of those things that feels different when you're actually there in the room.
The setting is St Albans Cathedral, the shrine to Britain's first saint and the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in the country. It's a home for worship, music, learning, heritage and events, and it's where the city gathers for this. The service doesn't stand on its own, either; it's part of the Cathedral's wider remembrance programme, which includes Remembrance Sunday, a Requiem Eucharist that also observes the two-minute silence.
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If you're planning to come, the Cathedral is at Sumpter Yard, St Albans, AL1 1BY. The service runs from 11:00am to 11:15am on Wednesday 11 November, with the silence at 11am.
