Canadians recognize Remembrance Day, every 11 November at 11 a.m.
Remembrance Day is recalling the war and military sacrifice, attracting thousands to ceremonies in cities large and small across the country. It remained a day to honour the fallen. Remembrance Day ceremonies were usually held at war memorials, or sometimes at schools or in other public places. Two minutes of silence, the playing of the Last Post, the recitation of In Flanders Fields, and the wearing of poppies quickly became associated with the ceremony.
I do go every year to a town or city. This year it was in a small town. Some classes of a school were there and people from town. It was a snowy and cold day this November the 11 th.
Remembrance Day is recalling the war and military sacrifice, attracting thousands to ceremonies in cities large and small across the country. It remained a day to honour the fallen. Remembrance Day ceremonies were usually held at war memorials, or sometimes at schools or in other public places. Two minutes of silence, the playing of the Last Post, the recitation of In Flanders Fields, and the wearing of poppies quickly became associated with the ceremony.
I do go every year to a town or city. This year it was in a small town. Some classes of a school were there and people from town. It was a snowy and cold day this November the 11 th.
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