Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day, or previously known as Armistice Day is a day where we remember the armed forces the got killed in the First and Second World War and the many other wars. Remembrance Day is celebrated on November 11th, and in Common British, Canadian and South African tradition there is two minutes of silence on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day on the eleventh month. Before 1945, there was only one minute of silence because the Second World War was not yet over. Another tradition we have is the playing of the Last Post and the playing of Reveille, which is usually played by a trumpeter or bugler. The Last Post comes before the two minutes of silence and the Reveille is played afterwards. In the United States, Veteran’s Day is held on November 11th, in Poland, November 11th is known as Independence Day, and in Germany November 11th is known as Germany Unification Day. The reason we have Poppies as an emblem is because they bloomed in most of the worst battlefields in Flanders in World War I and their red colour is a symbol for the bloodshed of trench warfare.