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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2013 6:15:30 GMT -5
The red poppy, a symbol of remembrance for the wartime dead, is being taken up by younger generations in Britain, a century on from its World War I origins. Following a campaign by the Royal British Legion charity, a two-minute silence on Armistice Day has been reinstated in most schools, and a commemorative event is also streamed live into many classrooms from London's Trafalgar Square. LINK
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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2013 11:32:09 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2013 13:10:02 GMT -5
15,000 poppy crosses:Thousands of poppy crosses laid in memory of Welsh servicemen and women More than 15,000 poppy crosses have been placed in Cardiff Castle's grounds to remember those who have served in the Armed Forces since the First World War. LINK
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Post by Admin on Nov 10, 2013 4:57:13 GMT -5
Remembrance Sunday to be marked at the Cenotaph:Emotional reunion The marchers will set off down Whitehall in London after the silence and the wreath laying ceremony. And services will take place across the UK at war memorials, as well as in other Commonwealth countries and at military bases abroad. It follows a Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Saturday evening, which included a surprise reunion between 10-year-old Megan Adams, who was performing as part of the Poppy Girls group, and her father, serving soldier Lieutenant Commander Billy Adams. LINK
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Post by Admin on Nov 10, 2013 5:04:00 GMT -5
"The Cenotaph is a key anchoring point of everything that the British people have stood for in the 20th century. While it was originally designed to be a temporary structure in wood and plaster for the 1919 peace celebration, there was such a sense of the need for something to grieve around after the bloodletting of the First World War that the monument was made permanent. It was unveiled in 1920 after massive public demand". LINK |
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