In the morning of the following day, a two-minute silence is observed throughout the country ushered in by the sound of a siren.
All public life stops for two minutes.
Schools have special hours dedicated to this day and people visit the military and municipal cemeteries and the special mouments dotted over the country, to take part in memorial services and to lay fresh flowers and wreaths on the graves and monuments of the young heroes who gave their lives for Israel. Kibbutzim, settlements, synagogues and army units have special and impressive memorial services which take place around monuments and are attended by great masses of people. These memorial services take place in the evening towards the end of Remembrance Day. This day, which is a special one and falls on the day before Independence Day, cannot be given exactly the same sort of expression nor have the same scope in the Diaspora as it has in Israel. Nevertheless, it can have a special character and the following suggestions are worth consideration and implementation.