Friday, November 7, 2008

Remembrance Day


Remembrance Day Information

Remembrance Day is also named as the popular Poppy Day or also Veterans Day. This special day is celebrated on November 11th. This special day is mostly celebrated for our veterans who fought for us in World War 1. This day was started by George V on November 7th 1919. This special day starts at 11:00 AM and goes through the whole day with not a silence but a noise of special Remembrance Day music. This day is celebrated by people all over the world like Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Bermuda and e.c.t. All these countries celebrate Remembrance Day the same but some countries and cities celebrate it in a whole different way. But also the biggest and largest indoor ceremony places that Remembrance Day is celebrated is in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan, they celebrate this day with mostly about 7,000 people gathered in just a large indoor place to celebrate this special day. In Canada poppies are worn 2 weeks before the main ceremony. This day is very special and is very important we all need to see the real meaning of Remembrance Day!

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