Remembrance Day is a day of recognition for all of the military and service personal who have served and sacrificed for Canada during the many conflicts, peace keeping missions and other international and domestic humanitarian crisis's.  The moment - November 11th at 11:00 AM marks the exact end of hostilities of the First World War. The cessation of fighting was negotiated by the German High command and Allied representatives and only finally accepted by all parties during the early hours of November 11th.

On November 7th, 1919, King George V of England and the British Empire, designated November 11th as a day to remember and the symbol of the day was to be a red poppy. The poppy grows wild across vast areas of Flanders in France which was the scene of terrible, bloody fighting during the First World War and was also made famous because of the poem by the Canadian Poet John McCrae.

 

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 the 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.

ROLL OF HONOUR

Submitted by a Canadian High School Student for this day