Known also as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day, Poppy Day is celebrated on November 11th every year. A special memorial day has been observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War, to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month." In The USA, it is called Veterans Day and is celebrated with parades in which many veterans of wars participate, proudly showing off their medals and honors received. In Australia and New Zealand, it is called Anzac Day.
The celebration in England is held by the Cenotaph, a memorial tomb in the heart of London, where many poppies and wreaths are placed. It is a tradition that everyone wears a poppy on their chest in memory of the fallen victims of past wars, while families place poppies with a cross on tombstones and gravesites in cemeteries. Military cemeteries are particularly highlighted with flags, crosses, but especially poppies on this day, and the days preceding it. Let us remember them.
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