Let’s Discover IT explores the Poppy, a symbol of peace and remembrance, why we remember the 11th hour of the 11th day of November every year, and the history of Armistice Day.
The Royal British Legion Explains:
- The inspiration and history behind the poppy becoming a symbol of Remembrance
- Remembrance in 2021
- 11 things you might not know about the Poppy
Serving Armed Forces personnel wish the Royal British Legion a Happy 100th Birthday.
Army Veterans Make 7 Million Poppies Every Year In This Factory.
Watch this 4 minute video and find out more on the Poppy Factory website below.
The Poppy Factory was founded in 1922 by Major George Howson MC, a British Army officer in the First World War and winner of the Military Cross in 1917. George Howson’s vision for the charity was to provide employment for veterans injured during the First World War.
The Tower of London Poppies
Did you get a chance to see this incredible display?
Making the poppies – The Tower of London Remembers
Installing the Poppies – The Tower of London Remembers Project
The Poppy Girls: Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2013
Do you remember this back in 2013?
Beautiful.
We Will Remember Them
The North London Military Wives Choir
They Shall Not Grow Old – the Warner Brothers film that brings black and white film to life with colour and sound.
Employing state-of-the-art technology to transform audio and moving image archive footage more than a century old, Peter Jackson brings to life the people who can best tell the story of World War I: the men who were there.
Watch this 2 minute trailer and look for the full film when you can – you won’t forget this film experience.
Armistice Day 1945 (1945)
Watch this 7 minute film taking you back in time to the first 11 November remembrance day.
Today When The Guns Fall Silent: A Remembrance by the British Army.
This 2 minute video and the Imperial War Museum (IWM) websites below give the United Kingdom perspective of Remembrance Day.
- Imperial War Museums – choose from Imperial War Museum (IWM) London, IWM Duxford, IWM North, IWM Belfast, IWM Churcill War Rooms
- IWM Armistice Day in Pictures
- IWM Voices of WW I – listen to this 30 minute podcast
Explore the Pritzker Military Museum website to get the American persective of Armistice Day and watch this 2 minute video.
Watch the history of Armistice Day from the French perspective in this 6 minute video.
Armistice: The signature that ended World War I – this 12 minute video explains it all.
“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
The Last Post for Remembrance