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Australians celebrate Remembrance Day on 11th November every year in honour of the 62,000 Australians who died in World War I. It is also an occasion to honour soldiers who died in wars ever since then.
In the morning, people gather at war memorials. Not only in Austrlia but also in Canada and the UK. People sing songs and read poems to honour those who are no longer with us. Then, just before 11 am (because the WWI ended at 11 am), a musician plays The Last Post on a a bugle. A bugle is a sort of a trumpet for all those who don't know. This slow, sad melody signals the beginning of a two-minute silance.
Eleven o'clock as we mentioned marks the very end of the First World War on the morning of 11th November, 1918. Then the bugler plays the second tune - The Rouse, a fast, energetic melody which wakes soldiers up in the mornings and symbolises hope in a new beginning.
On this occasion many people wear red paper poppies pinned to their clothes. The poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day because these flowers grew on the battlefields in France during World War I. So in honour of all those who died for our better tomorrow wear a poppy today!
Let’s pay our respect to all those who had lost their lives on the battlefields so we could live in peace!
May they rest in peace!
On 7 October we visited one of Crotian national parks which is also the oldest one. We had a lot of fun on the way there...as well as on the way home...At first the weather was cloudy but it wasn't raining. However, our luck didn't last...During the second half of our sightseeing the rain started...and we hurried to the bus...Some of us got wet more than others.
Despite the weather we had the best time ever!
P.S. It was also our teacher's birthday and our present to her was a folk song wishing her to live until she's 105 and then all over again!
6th class, Moravice