Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day (in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom) is a day to remember people who fought and died in wars. It is on November 11. On that day in 1918 came the end of World War I with Armistice with Germany.
Remembrance Day was started in 1919 by King George V of the United Kingdom. On the same day, other countries also have days to remember war and soldiers.[1] There is Veteran's Day in the United States, and Armistice Day in France, Belgium, New Zealand and other countries.
Traditions
There are some things that people do on Remembrance Day at 11:00 AM. That is when World War I ended. At a ceremony for Remembrance Day, a tune called "The Last Post" is played on a bugle (or sometimes a trumpet). Then there are two minutes of silence. At the end of the silence, the bugle plays a tune called "Reveille".[2]
In many countries, many people wear a poppy on Remembrance Day, and for a few days before. The remembrance poppy is an artificial flower to commemorate those who died in war. People bring wreaths made of poppies to Remembrance Day ceremonies. The poppy is a symbol to show they remember the wars and the soldiers who fought in them. Poppies were chosen as a symbol because they often grew in battlefields after the soldiers stopped fighting.
Remembrance Day Media
The Australian Minister of Defence, Stephen Smith, lays a wreath at the Eternal flame in Kings Park, Western Australia on Remembrance Day, 2011
An Armistice Day service at Brisbane City Hall, 1940
A Remembrance Day parade and service in Bridgetown, Barbados, 2019
Remembrance Day Parade, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1991
Remembrance Day ceremony at HMS Jervis Bay memorial in Bermuda
William Lyon Mackenzie King lays a wreath at the future location of the National War Memorial in Ottawa, 1937
The moment of silence in Canada is preceded by the bugling of "Last Post" immediately before 11 am
Remembrance poppies atop the Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N. A. K. Browne leads a Remembrance Day tribute in New Delhi, 13 November 2011.
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References
- ↑ "RSA - Remembrance - The Remembrance Ceremony". web.archive.org. 2010-06-04. Archived from the original on 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ↑ "Remembrance: What is it and why is it important?" (in en-GB). BBC Newsround. 2011-10-28. https://www.bbc.com/newsround/15492752. Retrieved 2023-06-14.