Remembrance Sunday
The traditional ceremony will take place in the Olšany Commonwealth War Cemetery on Sunday 10 November in 2013 at 10:45.
Remembrance Sunday, the second Sunday in November, is the day traditionally put aside to remember all those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today. On this day, people across the nation pause to reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave service men and women.
Poppy Appeal
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the First World War ended. Civilians wanted to remember the people who had given their lives for peace and freedom. An American War Secretary, Moina Michael, inspired by John McCrae’s poem, “In Flanders’ Fields”, began selling poppies to friends to raise money for the ex-Service community. And so the tradition began.
In the UK, the Appeal is organised by the Royal British Legion and the money collected is used to support members of the armed forces, veterans and their families.