Every year on November 11th at 11 o'clock and 11 minutes all Canadian people stop whatever they were doing and take 2 minutes of silence. Those two minutes are devoted to the soldiers who died for the bright Canadian future. This tradition started during First World War but Remembrance Day is not only about First World War. It is also an act in honor of ALL the soldiers, who died in the past wars and became victims of military operations in our days. The symbol of this holiday is a red poppy. Canadian people place this little flower on the chest as a memory of killed armed forces. This is a very good tradition, since it is crucially important to remember about people who gave up their lives and their future, so that present-day people could live in peace.
2 comments:
Good post for today! I wonder if there are holidays like this in other countries?
*"Every year on November 11th at 11 o'clock..."
In my country we have the same holiday on May 9th
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