美国则把这一天定为老兵日“Veterans Day”,以表彰在美国军队服役过的军人。 鲜红色的虞美人花(poppy)是 Remembrance Day 的象征,到了这一天,人人都会在胸前别上一朵红色的小花,因此这一节日也被称为Poppy Day。 据说,佩戴虞美人花的传统起源于加拿大军医 John McCrae 的一首诗《在佛兰德斯战场》(In Flanders Fie...
War wounded and veterans make poppies for Remembrance Day. Richmond, Surrey. Description Item title reads - Remembrance Day poppies. Richmond, Surrey. Various shots of war veterans and wounded all doing their bit in making poppies for Remembrance Day in a factory. M/S of ...
On Remembrance Day, commemorative services are held across schools, offices, local community centers and war memorialsinEngland, Australia, Canada and other allied countries. The red poppy is the traditional emblem of Remembran...
“I knit all the time.” READ ALSO: VIDEO:Langley seniors knit poppies for Remembrance Day As before, all donations raised by the poppies (suggested contribution is $7) will go directly to the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund. In three years, Brummitt estimated she has helped to raise $1,...
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In the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand, observers wear the red flowers on Nov. 11 to commemorate the anniversary of the 1918 armistice, which is known as Remembrance Day. The holiday has expanded to remember the fallen soldiers from other conflicts since WWI...
Poppy Day es la expresión coloquial para referirise al Remembrance Day o Remembrance Sunday, día en que se recuerdan los caídos en las dos grandes guerras mundiales del siglo XX. La celebración se hace el segundo domingo de noviembre y en los días que preceden a este día se venden ...
Remembrance services are being held throughout Merseyside and Cheshire this weekend as the region marks Remembrance Sunday. A wartime Dakota will drop the red poppies as the climax of Liverpool's events. The plane, built in 1942, took part in D-Day and the airborne assault on Arnhem and ...
Telephoto Shot of a Gun Salute on Remembrance Day HD Remembrance Day. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa, Canada covered with red poppies. 4K Monument at the armistice site, in the forest of Compiegne, Oise department, France 4K Movie of a beautiful kite being flown to comm...
"We really wanted to reduce our environmental footprint and create a way for people to still remember with the iconic symbol that they know and are used to—the beautiful red poppy—but also know that when they're wearing one, whether [this year or] use it f...