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Remembrance Day A History Of Sacrifice And Symbolism
Remembrance Day marks November 11 in Canada and the UK. It honors soldiers who died in war with national ceremonies at the Cenotaph and National War Memorial, tolling bells, wreaths, crosses, and the poppy symbol linked to Flanders fields and John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields.
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Canada
Germany
Whitehall
London
National War Memorial
Ottawa
Peace Tower
Confederation Square
Flanders
Belgium
John McCrae
Flanders Fields