remembrance day powerpoint (myp)
Post on 29-Jun-2015
413 Views
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
Remembrance Day
What is Remembrance Day?• A.K.A Poppy Day, Armistice (a truce) Day • Memorial Day • Commemorated by British Commonwealth of Nations
What is Remembrance Day?• Originally established to remember the soldiers who died
during WW1 defending our Freedoms and Democracy • Memorial event to remember soldiers who died in all the wars
Why Poppies?• Flanders Field: Southern Belgium and North-West France• Bloomed in the worst battlefield of Flanders• Symbolization
In Flanders Field by Lt. Col. John McCrae• From Guelph; Ontario; Canada• Famous poet • Most famous for “In Flanders Field”
Reading & Video: In Flanders Field by Lt. Col. John McCrae
Leading Seaman: Nicoles Muir
What is the 1 minute silence• 11th November 11:00 am• To remember the soldiers who fought for their countries
1 Minute Silence
Thank you for listening
top related