11.November: Remembrance Day

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One.

At 11 am on 11 November 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years continuous warfare.

It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At one time the day was known as Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.

Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is usually the Sunday nearest to 11 November. Special services are held at war memorials and churches all over Britain.

November is the time of the year when we wear a red poppy in memory of those who sacrificed their lives for us during wars.

Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day, because it is traditional to wear an artificial poppy. This is, because poppies were the first plants that had grown on the battle fields after the war.
They are sold by the Royal British Legion, a charity dedicated to helping war veterans.

At 11am on each Remembrance Sunday a two minute silence is observed at war memorials and other public spaces across the UK.

Eine wirklich schöne Tradition, die uns daran erinnern sollte, dass immer noch bewaffnete Konflikte bestehen, die es zu lösen gilt, sodass Kriege in der Zukunft nur noch eine traurige Vergangenheit darstellen.