Remembrance Day (9 класс)

Every year during the week before 11th November, people all over Britain wear a little red paper poppy.

They do this to commemorate Remembrance Day, or Poppy Day, which takes place each year on 11th November to remember the millions who died for their country.

Some people have also pointed out that fields of bright red poppies look like fields of blood.

Memorial services take place all over Britain on the second Sunday in November which is known as Remembrance Sunday.

The Royal Family and top politicians attend a special service in London at the Cenotaph, which means ‘The Empty Tomb’ in Greek.

grandchildren of Queen Elisabeth II

Poppy Day is on this date because world War I ended in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.

poppy field around the Tower

The poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day because are the only flowers that grew on the battlefields after World War I.

They are delicate flowers, too, and live for a short time.

There are many poems about Remembrance Day and many of them mention poppies. One of the most famous of these poems is In Flanders Fields.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and the sky
That larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce head amid the guns below.
In Flanders Fields, John McGrae (1872-1918)

Old war veterans take part in this celebration, too.

In the past these people were brave soldiers, too.

War veterans lay wreaths on the steps of the monument.

At 11 am, there is a two-minute silence.

at the Tower

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