Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Rememberence Day


Today is Rememberence Day.  Click on THIS LINK to go to a website to find out what it is all about.

Why do we commemorate Rememberence Day?
Why is Rememberence Day on 11th Novemeber?
Why is the silence at 11 o'clock?
Why do we wear a poppy?

Please answer the questions by posting a comment.  Also, feel free to share your feelings about Rememberence Day.

22 comments:

Georgia Mark said...

The Remembrance day is when people go to visit those men and women died in the wars

nathan said...

remembrance Sunday is a time to remember the millions of men and women in the armed
forces who have died in war

Alice and Luca said...

People wear poppies as a sign of remembrance.

Ailie and tahmed said...

on the 11th of the 11th 1918 the guns of the western front fell silent
after more than four years continuous warfare.

shadia and connor said...

Many people chose to wear a paper poppy in November as a sighn of remembrance.

Ayse and Bradley said...

remembrance day is when men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts

Somaiya and Zack said...

Remembrance day is on the 11th because the First World War came to an end.

Georgia Mark said...

On the 11th of November is an important date because it was the end of the first world war in 1918

favour and arnas said...

The people wear a poppy because when Moira Micheal wrote a poem she promised to wear a poppy because poppys were the only thing s left and she believed that the poppys were the remembereence of the people who died in war and that how it began.

Ayse and Bradley said...

why do people wear poppies Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day, because it is traditional to wear an artificial poppy. They are sold by the Royal British Legion, a charity dedicated to helping war veterans.

Molly and liam said...

the answer for why do people wear poppies is a sign of rememberence

habeeb and jemma said...

Remebrance day is the eleventh hour on the eleventh month it is to remember those men and women who fought out their life during the two world wars.

Tommy and leah said...

the reason we have rememberence day is to
remember all the millions of soldiers who
died in the first war.

Emily g and joe b said...

Remembrance Sunday is a time to remember the millions of men and women died in the wars

shadia and connor said...

11 November is an important date because it was on that day in 1918 that the first wold war finally came to an end

osa and megan said...

the 11th is important becauose thats when soldiers Died.

Somaiya and Zack said...

We have two minutes silence on remembrance day to show our respect to the soldiers who died in the war.

Alice and Luca said...

11th November is an important date because it was on that date in
1918 that the First World War finally came to an end.

kirsten and jessica said...

poppies grew in the fields of the country flanders where poppies grew. :)

Ayse and Georgia said...

georgia and ayse are verry sad that poppie day is overrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

osa said...

the remembrance is when people go and visit the people who was in the war. and did not Dei in the war. and we waer poppys becaouse to show we care who Deid in the war.and rember them.

Georgia said...

poppy day is when lots of women and men go to visit all the men and women who got killed in the world wars and thay pray so that thay dont forget thoose who died