十一月 11 是 纪念日 在加拿大.

一 全国公共假日, 纪念日是庆祝在 11个小时的第11个月11天. 它最初于11月，纪念第一次世界大战结束 11, 1918, 在 11 关于.

开始前两周左右纪念日, you’ll notice many Canadians sporting bright red 罂粟 寄望于他们的左边翻领.

每到今年十月底, çš„ 加拿大皇家军团, Canada’s largest veterans services organization, 开始销售罂粟 (通过捐赠) 全国各地. Long a symbol of remembrance in other countries, the poppy became Canada’s official Remembrance Day icon in 1921.

该 每年的罂粟运动 目的是为了纪念 117,000 Canadian service people who have lost their lives in military operations around the world. The money raised provides assistance to veterans and their families.

加拿大各地举行的许多城市 Remembrance Day celebrations, 与 在渥太华最大的事件, the national capital.

加拿大银行, 办事处, 学校, and many businesses are all closed in honor of the holiday.

虽然11月 11 is also celebrated as 退伍军人节 在美国, it seems like a bigger deal in Canada. Perhaps it’s because you see all those poppies…

摄影： striatic (Flickr的)