The volunteers, not just the teens and students and members of veterans who joined the Royal British Legion, as well as mothers carrying boxes of paper poppies with donation boxes.

This year, exactly 9 November 2008, the Royal British Legion, a charity organization for the British Legion Veterans of war, commemorating the day that the British hero-90.

Commemorations conducted every second week of November was known as “Rembrance Sunday”. Veterans wearing decorations they have followed a wreath laying ceremony at the memorial.
In addition, promptly at 11 am, in many of the UK, held a silence for two minutes, which not only followed the veterans, but also students, as Heroes’ Day on 10 November in the homeland.

In London, the show of silence “Silence in the Square” plaza square centered in the city of London Trafalgar Square, where the statue stood firm Neilson, headed by the Duke of Edinburgh.

During the month of November, the Royal British Legion to do fundraising to support the living veterans and their families, by providing a poppy for the contributors.

Poppy flowers become a symbol of remembering the heroes of the British services were pinned red flowers made of paper on his collar.
Poppy flowers that statement as the delivery of respect and gratitude to those who have sacrificed themselves in war.

British Queen, Elizabeth, each year following the memorial service Sunday “ Remember that was held at Cenotaph, White Hall, London, along with members of the royal family, ministers and officials as well as British citizens who have been involved in the war.

Heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan

Memorial day hero or the so-called `Remember` Suday, also held in various cities in the United Kingdom, not only to think back to the soldiers who died in the first world war and second, but also those who perished in the conflict in Iraq and in Afghanistan .

Director of Communications Royal British Legion, Stuart Gendall, said this year marks the 90th year commemoration of the end of the first World War in which many young people who had sacrificed his life for the country.

This is also reflected in the sacrifice of young children who die on the battlefield today both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. “I think the warning silence for two minutes is still relevant today,” he said.

For that, Stuart invited all citizens to follow the meditation ceremony, and joined with members of veterans to commemorate the heroes of services UK services.

According to Gendall, from the field after the World War, many veterans were injured or lost a job, so much suffering or difficulties both physically and mentally.

Many of them formed various groups to help each other, which eventually formed the legions of British veterans of this, in 1921.

From the sale of poppies and wreaths and crosses for each year anniversary, the British Legion managed to get nearly 26 million Pounds Sterling.

Support the cost of living

He said last year, as many as 75 million Pounsterling Royal British Legion used to support the cost of living veterans. The organization now has around 500 thousand people.

Not only that. As a charity, they also support the war veterans across the UK of more than 10 million people.

Many of those who suffer from this mentally ill or various other diseases, with inadequate income.

In addition to providing housing for elderly veterans, the British Legion to help those who were young enough to get a job like making the poppies. Each year, the British Legion takes about 36 million poppies.

Basically a poppy is a symbol that is known internationally, as a warning to those who have sacrificed themselves in battle.

Bill Kay, manager of a poppy manufacturers only in English, explaining the relationship between artificial poppy flowers with memorial day hero in the UK.

He said, in the year 1916, when the first world war raged, a doctor from Canada who is also a poet named John McCrae, saw poppies growing in the middle of the battlefield.

Poppy Flower is made he was moved to write a poem titled War in Flanders, a place in Belgium where the battle took place.

Since then, Poppy is initially only known as opium poppies and drug plants, became a symbol of eternity in the hearts of the heroes of English society.