Remembrance Day is a very important event in Canada’s history, whose significance is something every Canadian should know and celebrate proudly.
Remembrance Day is a memorable day of World War One. People celebrate it to remember the Canadian soldiers that served Canada during such a trying time.
World War 1 ( WW1 ) started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder caused a war across Europe that lasted until 1918. During the war, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan, and the United States ( the Allied Powers). With military technologies becoming more advanced and the horrors of trench warfare, WW1 saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people ( soldiers and civilians ) were dead.
Flanders Field provides a homage to the many recollections of long-standing battles that occurred during the war. From 1914 to 1918, Flanders Fields was a major battle theatre on the Western Front during the First World War. A million soldiers from more than 50 different countries were wounded, missing, or killed in action at Flanders Fields. Entire cities and villages were demolished, their people scattered across Europe and beyond. For all of the soldiers that died, poppies were the only flowers placed at their graves. The poppies symbolized not only remembrance but, hope and peace. Now, poppies are the main type of flower that grows in Flanders Field. This is why poppies are worn a lot on Remembrance Day.
Today, people remember the service and sacrifices that were made during the war Today, people appreciate and remember the fearless soldiers and veterans that fought for our freedom. Today, people thank those who opened the gateway to the world we have today’s without them, things truly might have been different.
Works Cited
Canada, Veterans Affairs. “Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.” The First World War - History - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada, 14 Feb. 2019,
www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/mccrae.
Canada, Veterans Affairs. “Why Remember?” A Day of Remembrance - History - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada, 11 July 2019, www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/a-day-of-remembrance/why.
History.com Editors. “World War I.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 29 Oct. 2009, www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history.
“Visit Flanders Fields.” VISITFLANDERS, www.visitflanders.com/en/themes/flanders_fields/.
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