Friday 11 November 2011

It is interesting to know


What is Remembrance Day?
November,11 is the Remembrance day. It is a special day for people to remember all those men and women who were killed during two World Wars and other conflicts.
Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November. Special servises are held at war memorials and churches all over the Britain, the United States of America, Canada.
Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy day (День Маков) because it is traditional to wear red artificial poppy.
At 11 a.m. on each Remembrance Sunday a two minute silence is observed at war memorials.

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