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Remembrance Day |
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It was at 11 o'clock in the morning on the 11th of November, 1918 that the First World War came to an end. We used to call this 'Armistice Day' but, after the Second World War, it was renamed 'Remembrance Day'. Every year on the 2nd Sunday of November, special services are held in churches and at war memorials all over the country. A national service is held at the cenotaph in London. This is the service that the Royal Family attend. You can watch this service on television. Many other countries have a Remembrance Day Service too. There will also be a service at the cenotaph in Hull. At 11am the whole country has a silent minute. This is to help us to think about the people who died during the wars. A bugler plays a tune called 'The Last Post' before the silence and the plays 'The Rouse' to end the silence. Sometimes 'The Reveille' is played. Sometimes, part of a poem called is read out during the ceremony. The poem is called 'For The Fallen'. The part that is read out is the 4th stanza.
This famous poem was written by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943) while he was written Lots of poems were written about war. Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (1872-1918) wrote a poem called 'In Flanders Field'. The day before he wrote it his friend had been killed. His friend was buried in a field with lots of wild poppies. Having read John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields' Moina Michael made a personal pledge to keep the faith. She felt compelled to make a note of this pledge and hastily scribbled down a response entitled 'We Shall Keep the Faith' on the back of a used envelope. From that day she vowed to wear a red poppy of Flanders Fields as a sign of remembrance. You can read more about poppies here. |
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In November we wear a red poppy in remembrance of those who sacrificed their lives in war to protect us all. Without their sacrifice our world would be very different to how it is today.
while sat on The Rumps, Polzeath, Cornwall. You can see a picture of 'The Rumps' alongside. His poem was first published in The Times newspaper in September, 1914.