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What is Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday?
Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day, commemorates the end of World War One when an agreement to stop fighting was reached on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918. It is held to remember all those who have died in wars and marked by a two-minute silence at 11:00am.
Remembrance Sunday is the nearest Sunday to November 11th, when ceremonies are held in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations and commemorates both World War One and Two and all conflicts since. Poppy flowers are worn as a symbol of remembrance, inspired by the poppies that grew on many battlefields in WW1 - as made famous by the war poem 'In Flanders Fields.' A two-minute silence is also observed at 11:00am on Remembrance Sunday.
When is Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday?
Remembrance Day takes place on 11 November each year and Remembrance Sunday takes place on the second Sunday of November each year.
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Remembrance Day - Why do we wear poppies? - November
Remembrance Day, or Poppy Day, is held in Commonwealth countries to remember members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty, as well as all those who have been involved with and affected by war and conflict. Originally declared a special day in 1919 by King George V to remember the soldiers killed in the First World War, now we remember soldiers from all wars who have given their lives.
As the First World War was formally declared over "at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, we traditionally hold two minutes of silence throughout the Commonwealth on 11th November every year. In addition, the second Sunday of each November is known as Remembrance Sunday, and church services remember our fallen soldiers while the Queen, members of the Royal Family, politicians and old soldiers lay poppy wreaths at the Cenotaph in London (near the Houses of Parliament).
Leading up to Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday we buy small paper "poppies" or poppy badges to show that we are remembering the sacrifices of those who died, and also to raise money to support serving and ex-Service personnel and their families. People who have lost a loved one in service put small wooden crosses near war memorials around the country, and local branches of the Royal British Legion lay wreaths.
We have held a 2-minute silence at 11 o'clock on Remembrance Day (and at 11 o'clock on Remembrance Sunday) since 1919, when King George V asked the nation to stay silent so that "the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead".
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