Poppy Day was celebrated at Frei Bartolomeu dos Mártires School during the month of November as a tribute to all the soldiers who died in World War I, and also in so many other devastating and incomprehensible wars that have happened worldwide. Unfortunately, this is a present reality, due to the wars that are taking place in our present world.

Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day or Poppy Day, is celebrated to honour the end of World War I, which occurred at 11a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. Remembrance Day traditions include the wearing of poppies and a two-minute silence exactly at 11 a.m. of the 11th November. Besides, many wreaths are laid at national and local war memorials, where official ceremonies are held. The Poppy became the symbol of the Armistice, because, according to the British Legion official site, “Bright red Flanders poppies were delicate but resilient flowers and grew in their thousands, flourishing even in the middle of chaos and destruction”. This flower inspired Lieutenant John McCrae to write his remarkable poem: “In Flanders Fields”:

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row (…)”.