Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is a very important day for Canadians. November 11 is a day of national commemoration where we honour the over 100,00 fallen Canadian soldiers who gave their lives to their military service.
Throughout the country, services are performed to remember the dedication and sacrifice these soldiers made for not only their own countrymen, but for those whose countries they helped liberate. We honour them with ceremonies
The Poppy
After Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) of the Canadian Army's poem In Flanders Fields was published in 1915 the poppy became a popular symbol for soldiers who died in battle.
There exists a record from that time of how thickly Poppies grew over the graves of soldiers in the area of Flanders, France. This early connection between the Poppy and battlefield deaths described how fields that were barren before the battles exploded with the blood-red flowers after the fighting ended.
Just prior to the First World War, few Poppies grew in Flanders. During the tremendous bombardments of that war, the chalk soils became rich in lime from rubble, allowing “popaver rhoes” to thrive. When the war ended, the lime was quickly absorbed and the Poppy began to disappear again.
Remembrance Day Services in Brampton and Toronto
Remembrance Day Services in Brampton and Toronto
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| In Flanders Field, written by Lieutenant John McCrae |
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