November is a month to remember the fallen war veterans in Canada and elsewhere . Canada and the rest of the world remembers heroes of the first world war .
This month , and particularly November 11 is a day dedicated to Remembrance . We, Canadians commemorate the 116,031 fallen Canadian soldiers in the first world war .
Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau went on his Twitter and wrote “Today, we pay tribute to the Canadian women and men in uniform and we remember those who gave their lives in service of a better Canada”
The occasion is marked with several memorial events around the country.
Why the poppies?
In the month of November , we notice people wearing the sign of red poppies on their coats .
Historic records stated that a 19th century writer described the poppies as the sign of hope as they popped out after the heaviest fight during world war 1st .
The 1915 poem by john McCrae, “In Flanders Fields” made a connection between the poppy and the fallen soldiers . Since then Poppies have become symbols to commemorate war veterans.
