Lest we Forget: Remembrance Sunday and The Wartime Kitchen Recipes (2024)

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What do people eat on Armistice Day? ›

As the day is a holiday off from school and work for many, the people of France often spend it with family. Common foods consumed on Armistice Day include pastries like crepes, éclairs, crème brulee, cream puffs and macarons.

Today, as we should every day, we remember those who volunteered, sacrificed, served, fought, and died, for our freedom. We thank you, and we salute you as we salute those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. We will never forget. We will remember you.

Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.

We remember the sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. We pay tribute to the special contribution of families and of the emergency services. We acknowledge innocent civilians who have lost their lives in conflict and acts of terrorism.

In 1922, Armistice Day was made a statutory holiday in France. To honour the fallen at 11 a.m. on November 11, every French city has a military gun salute, and wreathes are placed at WW I memorial statues, or graves. Also, there is a bugle call "for the dead".

In France, the bleuet de France is the symbol of memory for, and solidarity with, veterans, victims of war, widows, and orphans, similar to the Commonwealth remembrance poppy.

Our red poppy is a symbol of both Remembrance and hope for a peaceful future. Poppies are worn as a show of support for the Armed Forces community. The poppy is a well-known and well-established symbol, one that carries a wealth of history and meaning with it.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them. The Last Post is sounded. (A Piper Lament may be included in Scotland.)

"It's to wear with respect on the left breast close to the heart and it should be used appropriately," Maxwell said. There are some people in uniform who will wear it on the top left hand side of their hat.

The Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the war, had been signed earlier that year, on June 28, 1919. In 1953, Alvin J. King of Emporia, Kan., proposed changing the name of the holiday to Veterans Day, to recognize veterans from all wars and conflicts.

What are 3 words for remembrance? ›

Some common synonyms of remembrance are memory, recollection, and reminiscence. While all these words mean "the capacity for or the act of remembering, or the thing remembered," remembrance applies to the act of remembering or the fact of being remembered.

However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

With their big, showy petals and dark black centres, the poppy is an unmistakable flower. Best known as a symbol of remembrance, poppies also have practical uses too. Over the years they've been used as ornamental plants, in medicines, cooking ingredients and even in cosmetics.

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The artillery shells that churned up the soil and maimed and killed soldiers, brought not only Clostridia, the deadly bacteria to the surface, but also encouraged the proliferation and growth of the dormant poppy seeds that later in their beauty, bloomed in profusion on the barren, scarred land, even in the cemeteries.

By the First World War (1914-18), Army food was basic, but filling. Each soldier could expect around 4,000 calories a day, with tinned rations and hard biscuits staples once again. But their diet also included vegetables, bread and jam, and boiled plum puddings.

Daily rations were meant to include fresh or frozen meat, but many meals would have consisted of tinned food, like this 'Maconochie' beef and vegetable stew. Named after the company that made it, it was a familiar aspect of the British soldier's diet.

At 11 a.m. on November 11, a combined color guard representing all military services executes “Present Arms” at the tomb. The nation's tribute to its war dead is symbolized by the laying of a presidential wreath. The bugler plays “taps.” The rest of the ceremony takes place in the amphitheater.

A typical day, writes Murlin, might include breakfast of oatmeal, pork sausages, fried potatoes, bread and butter and coffee; lunch of roast beef, baked potatoes, bread and butter, cornstarch pudding and coffee; and dinner of beef stew, corn bread, Karo syrup, prunes, and tea.