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Remembrance Day

  Also known as  Poppy Day. It is a memorial day to remember the soldiers who died in the First World War.

The day, specifically designated by King  George V  on 7 November 1919.

Remembrance Day marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, back in 1918.

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A two minute silence is held at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars.

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The red  remembrance poppy  has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem, “ In Flanders Fields“ . These

poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of  Flanders  in World War I; their brilliant red colour became a symbol for the blood

spilled in the war.

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The Royal British Legion is a charity to help people in the armed forces and their families.

The Royal British Legion was foundedby veterans  of the First World Warwho adopted the poppy as their symbolof Remembrance and hope.

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Poppy

The poppy is

• A symbol of Remembrance and hope• Worn by millions of people• Red because of the natural colour of field poppies

The poppy is NOT

• A symbol of death or a sign of support for war• A reflection of politics or religion• Red to reflect the colour of blood

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Polish Remembrance Day

For Poland, Remembrance day is also very important. It is calledNational Independence Day (Polish:  Narodowe Święto Niepodległości).

On 11 November Poland commemorates the anniversary of the restoration of a Polish state—Second Polish Republic—in 1918 after 123 years of  partition  by the  Russian Empire, the  Kingdom of Prussia  and the  Habsburg Empire. It is a  non-working day  in Poland.

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Thesaurus

Commemorate- to recall and show respect for someone or something

Emblem -a device or object as a distinctive badge of a nation organisation of family

Restoration -return of a monarch to a throne, head of state to government

Partition- action of a country dividing or being divided into parts

Resources

● en.wikipedia.org

● www.britishlegion.org.uk

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