Remembrance Day

Honour. Service. Sacrifice. Freedom. Hope. Peace.

Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Britain and the Commonwealth nations since the end of the First World War to honour and remember those who have sacrificed so much, died in the line of duty to defend and fight for our freedom.

The red poppy is a symbol of both Remembrance and hope for a peaceful future.

Photo credit: Victoria Tronina @victoriaorvicky

These resilient flowers flourished and grew in abundance amongst all the destruction in the battle fields and were the inspiration behind the famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.

In Flanders Fields

By John McCrae

In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders' fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high,
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders' Fields.

Many thanks to some of the Pitreavie Primary 6 pupils for submitting their very creative and lovely artwork for Remembrance Day.