Moina Belle Michael, an American teacher on duty at the 25th Conference of the Overseas Y.M.C.A. In 1918, two days before Armistice, after reading Dr. To this day, poppies still grow on the battlefields of Flanders. In his poem, the Major who became Lieutenant-Colonel, describes the first sign of life after death blood coloured blossoms on soldiers’ graves. In May 1915, John McCrae, a Guelph, Ontario native, who served as a doctor in the Royal Canadian Army Corps, wrote In Flanders Fields. Ladies are exempt from this rule and may keep their hats on, unless it is blocking someone’s view of the commemoration. “Have a little respect.”Īs a man attending an outdoor Memorial, do I have to remove my hat during the Moment of Silence?” In 2014, CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper, had it right when he declined a rookie reporter a photo click in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the shooting site for Corporal Nathan Cirillo. Your mind and soul will guide you back in time when you need to. You don’t need a photo to immortalize this instant. The Royal Canadian Legion’s Virtual Wall of Honour and Remembrance is a photo montage of Canadian Veterans who have served and sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today. Bow your head, stand still, reflect and honour veterans in this meditation of gratitude and peace. This is the most sacrosanct element of Remembrance Day. The exceptions are: Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Ontario and Quebec. It is not a statutory holiday in all Canadian provinces. Great Britain observes Remembrance Sunday on the second Sunday of November on November 9 this year. In the United States it is referred to as Veteran’s Day. Remembrance Day is also called Armistice Day in other countries, in and out, of the Commonwealth. On November 11, 1918, at 11 o’clock, Paris, France time, the Armistice, between Germany and the Allies, was signed to mark the end of the Great War, World War I. Why do we pay homage on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month? To avoid making a faux-pas, while honouring our heroes, here are the facts, dos and don’ts of Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day, is our national day to show respect to the devotion of the 1,500,000 Canadian men and women who have served and the more than 100,000 who have been sacrificed, to foster peace in all international conflicts since the First World War.įor over 100 years now, every November 11th, Canada and other nations around the globe, commemorate the day the Armistice of the First World War was signed.
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