2006-11-02 05:22:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It is a day to remember all of the soldiers who went to war to protect this country. We owe them so very much.
2006-11-02 05:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by ali b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Common British, Canadian, South African and ANZAC traditions include two minutes of silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month because that was the time (in Britain and France) when the armistice became effective. The two minutes recall World War I and World War II. Before 1945 the silence was for one minute, and today some ceremonies still only have one minute of silence despite this.The poppy's significance to Remembrance Day is a result of Canadian military physician John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields". The poppy emblem was chosen because of the poppies that bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their red colour an appropriate symbol for the bloodshed of trench warfare.
2006-11-02 07:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by catdyer2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poppy is a symbol of the sacrifice made by all servicemen and women in time of war. It originates from the fields of Flanders(Belguim/France) where much of the carnage of WW1 took place. The poppy is not restricted to that war but represents all conflict (past and present) and allows us to 'remember' those who gave their lives.
2006-11-04 22:58:19 · answer #3 · answered by trickytree321 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians during World War 1
2006-11-02 05:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by claymate73 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poppy is blood red -symbolic of the blood spilled and of the people who perished in the bloody carnage of war.
2006-11-02 10:58:05 · answer #5 · answered by PAUL H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For those who gave their lives in the two world wars. 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.
2006-11-02 05:33:30 · answer #6 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zoom jet has hit the nail on the head.
People gave their lives so that Britain would stay British.
Poppies are symbolic of the people who gave their lives so that we can enjoy the freedom we do today.
The money raised goes to good causes, including helping the people who were lucky enough to come home.
Defintely a worthy cause - we salute you the fallen, and all who fought with you.
2006-11-02 09:25:58 · answer #7 · answered by Ali 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
world war 2
2006-11-02 05:29:50 · answer #8 · answered by NNY 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The epitaph from the Kohima war memorial sums it up well:
"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"
2006-11-02 05:35:29 · answer #9 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a day to remember the soldiers who died, fighting, for our country/nation, and we remember them by wearing poppies.
2006-11-03 08:08:17 · answer #10 · answered by - 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋