Chapter 2 · What Is the UK?
Remembrance Day Details
Source: Handbook p.53
Remembrance Day, 11 November, commemorates those who died fighting for the UK and its allies. It originally marked the end of World War I, which finished at 11:00 am on 11 November 1918. People wear red poppies, and at 11:00 am there is a two-minute silence. Wreaths are laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, with the monarch, politicians and ambassadors attending.
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