REMEMBRANCE DAY 11th NOVEMBER

POPPIES DAY

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place: and in the sky

The larks still bravely singing fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead: Short days ago,

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved: and now we lie

In Flanders fields!

Take up our quarrel with the foe

To you, from failing hands, we throw

The torch: be yours to hold it high

If ye break faith with us who die,

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields

                                                                      Lest we forget!

 Remembrance Day is on 11th of November.

It is a special day when Brits wear a red poppy in memory of all those men and women who sacrificed their lives for their country and were killed during war conflicts.

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One.

At that time the day was known as Armistice Day but was renamed Remembrance Day after the end of World War Two.

Today Remembrance Sunday was held,  the second Sunday in November, the nearest to the 11th November. At 11am on each Remembrance Sunday a two minute silence is observed at war memorials and other public spaces across the UK.

A national ceremony took place in London. The Queen placed a wreath at the Cenotaph. Special services were also held at war memorials and churches all over Britain.