Thread: Remembrance Day - Armistice - 11th November - Poppy Day - Lest we Forget

Remembrance Day - Armistice - 11th November - Poppy Day - Lest we Forget

Remembrance Day (11 November) marks the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18).

THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF THE ELEVENTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH....

Something like 60,000 men died in the 4-5yrs of horror and many 1000's more were lift injured & unable to work.
Each year Australians observe one minute silence at 11 am on 11 November, in memory of those who died or suffered in that war plus now all others wars and armed conflicts ....... LEST WE FORGET ...... too many paid the supreme price for our freedom and way of life.

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.