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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY/ POPPY DAY Useful links http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Remembrance.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A653924 http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/history/index.shtml Who wear poppies? Why do they wear them? When do they wear them? About the poppies : Why poppies? Are they real poppies? Who sell them? What do they do with the money collected? ********* What happened on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month? In 1918? What happens nowadays?
What is Remembrance Sunday? When does it take place? Is there a difference with our Armistice day? What is the last post? Listen to it on http://www.nevilleyoung.co.uk/trumpet/lastpost.htm
********* What about other countries in Europe , do they have similar ceremonies? Ask people around you : parents, teachers ... to find out.
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