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In one minute, all the basic information about what is Remembrance Day and what we are celebrating.
Notice that the woman is wearing a plastic poppy on top of their hearts. That's the symbol of Remembrance Day and in some countries, like England, everybody's wearing a poppy on that day, and politicians, people on TV, etc. wear the poppy for the whole week.
Hey, welcome to watchmojo.com. I am ++++ Marisa and today's Remembrance Day, a day we recognise the veterans of the I World War and any war that followed afterwars.
The date to recognise these heroes was created by King George V, and it falls on November 11 because that is the day we recognise as the end of the I World War in 1918.
At the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month, we traditionally have a moment of silence. Originally there was only 1 minute of silence for the I World War, and after the II World War, many places added two minutes of silence.
The poppy's become a symbol of Remembrance Day as it linked with the poem "In Flanders Fields", by Canadian John McCrae. Now, the poppy was chosen as a symbol because it seemed to be the only flower to actually bloom in the most worse fields in Flanders, during the war. And of course, the red colour of the flower symbolizes the bloodshed as well.
So today, on Remembrance day, take a minute to say "thank you" to the heroes who passed away, and to the heroes who survived.
Listen to the poem she refers to: In Flanders Fields.
See more videos about Remembrance Day: Poppy Day videos.
Report mistakesRECOGNISE= Remember and honour; commemorate.
VETERANS= People who have been soldiers in a past war.
I WORLD WAR= (also IWW) Pronounced "The First World War". We can also say WWI (World War the First).
NOVEMBER 11= Pronounced "November (the) eleventh". Dates are said in ordinals (first, second, third...) and usually with "the" before, but they are most commonly written simply as an Arabic numeral, so "May the second" is usually written "May 2". Notice that we have two ways of saying a date:
- May 2 (pronounced: May the second)
- 2 May (pronounced: THE second OF may)
KING GEORGE V= Pronounced "King George the Fifth". We use Roman numerals for the order of the king and queens (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, etc.). We write "king" or "queen" with a capital letter if it is part of the name. So the present queen of the UK is Queen Elizabeth I (:Queen Elizabeth the First).
AS= (reason connector) Since, because.
LINKED= Connected.
NOW,= We often start a sentence with this word before introducing an explanation.
BLOOM= When a flower blooms, it grows and opens.
THE MOST WORSE= (coll.) A form more emphatic than the grammatically correct "the worst".
THE BLOODSHED= All the blood that was shed (spilt) during a fight, war or attack (usually for violent and tragic events).
AS WELL= Too.
TO PASS AWAY= A nice and respectful way of saying "to die".
SURVIVED= If you survive to a war or accident or attack, you don't die but are still alive.
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