Amistice Day

Today in the UK, like every year, it is Armistice Day. It's also called Remembrance Day or Poppy Day, depending on where you are, but it's official name is Armistice Day. Well, according to the BBC anyway.

Today we remember all the soldiers who have fought, and still fight, for our freedom and the freedom of others. Today there was two minutes of silence throughout the whole country at 11'o'clock, to mark the deaths of these heroes. Today people wear poppies, the official symbol of remembrance for 90 years.

On this day, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918, the First World War Armistice was signed, and the guns fell silent. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars, but sadly, we know that isn't the case.So today is a time for us to respect the fallen soldiers who gave their lives in the hope that we may live.

'At the going down of the sun
And in the morning,
We will remember them'

Lest we forget, for never before have so many owed so much, to so few.