WIKIPEDIA: Remembrance Day (sometimes known as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November in most countries to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”, in accordance with the armistice signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente between 5:12 and 5:20 that morning. (“At the 11th hour” refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 am.) The First World War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919.
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.
Thank You Vets
Thanks for remember all these kids who sacrificed their lives so that we have the freedom to live and enjoy life. What a waste war is – and we haven’t learned anything from the past. How sad is that.
Thanks to all the vets you will never be forgotten. Wars are hell and seems we can’t rid them.
Thank you Squirt for remembering those who walked down many a strange road for the freedom we enjoy today,
quite sad to think a lot of these guys might have been killed in action.
Very nice. Thank you.
Thank-you to ALL!!!
Always remember the sacrifices made by the men at arms.
nice manly young blokes …