8/10/2019 Remembrance Day School Board Memo

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 is Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day (also known as PoppyDay or rmis!ice Day" is a memorial day observed in #ommonweal!$ coun!ries since !$e end o%&orld &ar ' !o remember !$ose w$o $ave served and sacri%iced as a member o% !$e armed%orces. T$e 11!$day o% November recalls !$e end o% $os!ili!ies o% &orld &ar ' on !$a! da!e in11) *a! !$e 11!$ $our o% !$e 11!$ day o% !$e 11!$ mon!$*.

T$e red remembrance poppy $as become a %amiliar symbol o% Remembrance Day due !o !$epoem *'n +landers +ields*. Poppies bloomed across some o% !$e wors! ba!!le%ields o% +landers in&orld &ar ' !$eir brillian! red colour an appropria!e symbol %or !$e blood spilled in !$e war.-e!erans %%airs #anada s!a!es !$a! !$e da!e is o% *remembrance %or !$e men and women w$o$ave served, and con!inue !o serve our coun!ry durin !imes o% war, con%lic! and peace*speci%ically, !$e +irs! and /econd &orld &ars, !$e orean &ar, and all con%lic!s since !$en inw$ic$ members o% !$e #anadian +orces $ave par!icipa!ed, includin in!erna!ional peacekeepinmissions.

/ome sc$ools may $ave !$eir own sc$ool assemblies w$ile o!$ers may c$oose !o par!icipa!e in

!$e ceremonies o% !$eir local municipali!ies suc$ as !$e &indsor #eno!ap$. Please be mind%ul!$a! some %amilies may be reluc!an! !o $ave !$eir c$ildren a!!end your loca!ion municipali!ysceremonies. Please no!e !$a! meanin%ul al!erna!e ac!ivi!ies s$ould be provided a! !$e sc$ools %or!$ose %amilies w$o do no! wis$ !$eir c$ildren !o par!icipa!e in any Remembrance Dayceremonies.

Please %ind a!!ac$ed some imaes !$a! re%lec! #anadas diverse mili!ary and !o $onour !$ose%amilies w$o are, and $ave been our allies in con%lic!s !$a! we as a na!ion, $ave par!icipa!ed.

T$ere is also a D-D crea!ed by 3ary #a!$erine anlois !$a! was sen! ou! las! week %or yourconsidera!ion.

Remembrance Day is a wonder%ul 5!eac$able momen! 6 and !$e #anadian &ar 3useum $as lo!s!o o%%er wi!$ resources !$a! are re%lec!ive o% our #anadian na!ion 6 and our e7ually diverse localpopula!ion. $!!p899www.warmuseum.ca9cwm9educa!ion9!oolki!9ki!collec!ions:e.s$!ml

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