Remembrance Day - 11 November

 At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.

On the 11the hour of the 11th day of the 11th month 1918 the guns on the Western Front in Europe fell silent after four years of war marking the Armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France.

This time became of special significance to Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Belgium, France and the Cayman Islands, when we pause at this time to remember our fallen. Not from this war but from all wars. 

This year may be a little different with Covid restrictions, but we will still pause and remember them. 

The red poppy became a symbol of this day. You can read more about it here. 

Australian War Memorial - traditions

Remembrance Day and the red poppy @ Life Images by Jill

Red poppies - customs and ceremonies

In Flanders Fields

by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

    That mark our place; and in the sky

    The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

    Loved and were loved, and now we lie,

        In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

    The torch; be yours to hold it high.

    If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

        In Flanders fields.