Remembrance Day.ppt

11/11 UK rememberance day

1. Remembrance Day

2. Why do we have
Remembrance Day?
Everyyear,inNovember,wecelebrateRemembranceDay.
Onthisdaywerememberallofthepeoplethathave
foughtanddiedinalloftheterriblewars.
100yearsagoin1914was
thestartoftheFirst
WorldWarwhenmany
countriesfoughtwith
eachother.

4. What is Remembrance
Day?
4yearslateron11thNovember1918,allofthecountries
finallyagreedtostopfightingandtheworldbecamepeaceful
onceagain.
•The eleventh hourof the eleventh dayof the eleventh
monthmarks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th
November 1918, to signal the end of World War One.

5. What is Remembrance
Day?
Remembrance Dayison11
November.Itisaspecialdayset
asidetorememberallthosemen
andwomenwhowerekilledduring
thetwoWorldWars.
RemembranceSundayisheldon
theSundaynearestto11
November.
Specialservicesareheldatwar
memorialsandchurchesallover
Britain.Thereisalwaysonein
Torpointwhichisheldnearthe
church.

6. How do we remember?
Many people wear poppies to remember the people
who died.
Wreathsare laid beside war memorials by people.
The Queen lays a wreath every year in London to show
that she is remembering the people who have died.
Lots of places hold a 2 minute silence at 11:00 to think
about people who died.

8. Why do we wear a poppy?
InWorldWar1,alotofthe
fightingwasdoneinFrance
andBelgium.Everythingwas
destroyed;buildings,roads,
treesallvanished.
Themenwerefightingin
largefields,butasthey
fought,alltheground
turnedtomud,whereno
grassorplantsgrew.

11. Only1thinggrew–poppies!Whenallthefightinghad
stoppedtheseflowersgrewalloverthelandthathadbeen
destroyed.
Thepoppiesgreweveryyear,andremindedpeopleabout
thewarandabouttheyoungmenwhoneverreturnedhome,
thefallenheroes.

12. A Remembrance Ceremony
EachtowninGreatBritainhasawarmemorial.This
oftenhasthenamesofthepeoplewhodiedintheFirst
andSecondWorldWars.
Peoplegotothisplaceandsingsongs,saypoemsand
talkaboutwhathappenedsothattheyrememberthata
worldwarmustneverhappenagain.

13. Specialmusicisplayedonthetrumpetandaflagis
loweredtoshowthatwerespectthosepeoplewho
foughtinthewar.
Peoplealsolaywreathsofpoppiestoshowtheirrespect
andthankstothosethatfell.

14. In London
LastyearattheTowerofLondonafamousartistmade
poppiesandputthemallaroundthetower.Therewere
888,246poppieswhichisoneforeverypersonfromGreat
BritainthatfellduringtheFirstWorldWar.