See pictures and video's - Remembrance Day, Oakham, Rutland
Yesterday, hundreds of people took to the streets of Oakham to honour members of the armed forces who died during World War l and those who have since died in other conflicts across the world. See video's:-
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Remembrance Day, Oakham, Rutland 2012
Laying the poppy wreaths at All Saints Church, Oakham
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Remembrance Day, which is also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day, is a memorial day that is observed to recognise the official end of World War l "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918.
The red remembrance poppy has become a recognised emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poppies that bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders during World War I. Their brilliant red colour appropriately symbolises the blood spilled during the war. In 1915 John McCrae wrote a very famous poem, In Flanders Fields.
This year's Poppy Appeal is targeted to raise £42m which will go towards supporting those who have been emotionally, financially, or socially affected by conflict.
Comments
by karinfall1955
Wednesday, November 14 2012, 12:06AM
“Note to LM, videos is in the plural and therefore the apostrophe is not required in the headline.”
by Lynnieheal
Tuesday, November 13 2012, 9:42PM
“Thankyou for sharing my Great Grandad is on the memorial his name, from Oakham too , may he rest in peace. Free NHS and education was granted after these world wars I am being denied FREE NHS here in the UK”