Remembrance Day
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Today is Remembrance Day.
- Remembrance Day 2 Learn about how the first Remembrance Day in Canada came to be and who initiated this holiday.
- Veterans Affairs Canada This site is the Canadian Veterans Affairs web site. You will find Books of Remembrance here, songs that were popular during war time, information on WWI and WWII and so much more on the history of war and Remembrance Day.
- Veterans Affairs/Anciens Combattants Canada At this site you can find real time audio recollections from war vets, listen to war time songs, and learn about the war years.
- Remembrance and Poppy This site has downloadable material for students and teachers to find out about Remembrance Day. Topics are: Story of Remembrance, All About Poppies, Activity Guides for teachers and speakers and student info.
- Remembrance Day – November 11 Learn about John McCrae, the author of the poem In Flanders Fields and get the words to Bryan Adams song, Remembrance Day.
- The Story of Remembrance Learn the importance of Remembrance Day and why we wear a poppy.
- The War Amps – Les Amput .s de guerre This site gives history of the War Amps of Canada. It can be viewed in English or French.
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I have never seen a metal, year-round, poppy pin.