🌺 Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is a day dedicated to the soldiers of 🇬🇧 Great Britain and the British Commonwealth who died in the First World War. It is held annually on 🍂 November 11 and is also called: Memorial Day, Remembrance Day, and Poppy Day.
Interesting Facts:
- The 🎖 Military Medal emoji was created by Unicode in 2014 and added to the 1.0 emoji version in 2015. It is used to display military merit, honor and recount stories of military experience.
On the page 🌺 Remembrance Day the following information is presented:
1. Holiday history of 🌺 Memorial Day
The 🤝 Armistice of 11 November 1918 ended ⚔️ Hostilities between the countries of the Triple Alliance (🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇹 Italy, Austria-Hungary) and the Entente. The end of the First World War took place on 🌈 June 28, 1919, thanks to the ✍ Signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
On November 10, 1919, 🤴 King George V issued a 📜 Decree on the official celebration of Remembrance Day, and the next day there were public events dedicated to honoring the memory of the fallen soldiers.
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Tap / click to copy & paste2. Traditions and symbols of 🌺 Memorial Day
Traditionally, people gather at Whitehall on November 11, where the 👸 Queen, 👨💼 Politicians, veterans, and everyone else are present. At 11 o’clock the traditional minute of silence begins in honor of the victims, which can last up to two minutes. At this time, poppy petals are poured onto people from the Royal Albert Hall. Then the queen begins laying memorial wreaths to the Cenotaph.
Since 1921, the main symbol of the holiday has been red poppies, which symbolize the 🩸 Blood shed in the war. Initially, people attached live poppies from the fields of Flanders to their clothes on Remembrance Day. This tradition was created by Major George Howson and Field Marshal Douglas Haig. But over time, it became not important what kind of flowers to attach to clothes: live or artificial.
Interesting fact: John McCrae even wrote an ode to the red poppy in the poem “In the Fields of Flanders”, and Moina Michael was inspired by him and wrote her own work “We shall keep the faith”.