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lunedì 11 novembre 2013
Veterans Day
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Royal family
The British Royal Family is the family group of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The Royal Family will usually include the monarch, the consort of the monarch, the widows and widowers of previous monarchs, the children of the monarch and of previous monarchs, the male-line grandchildren of the monarch and previous monarchs, and the wives or widows of a monarch's and previous monarch's sons and male-line grandsons.The Queen, her consort, her children and grandchildren, as well as all former sovereigns' children and grandchildren hold places in the first sections of the official orders of precedence in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
lunedì 4 novembre 2013
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day also known as Poppy Day is a memorial day to remember the members of their armed forces who have died. It is observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918 Hostilities formally ended " at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month".
The common British, Canadian, South African, and ANZAC tradition includes either one or two minutes of silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

The emblem of Remembrance Day is the red poppy due to the poem "In Flanders Fields", because their brilliant red colour symbol for the blood spilled in the war.
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