Lest we Forget: Remembrance Sunday and The Wartime Kitchen Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What do you eat on Armistice Day? ›

As the day is a holiday off from school and work for many, the people of France often spend it with family. Common foods consumed on Armistice Day include pastries like crepes, éclairs, crème brulee, cream puffs and macarons. The sweet flavors provide some solace to the serious mood.

Observance in the Commonwealth. The common British, Canadian, South African, and ANZAC tradition includes a one- or two-minute silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month (11:00 am, 11 November), as that marks the time (in the United Kingdom) when the armistice became effective.

We will remember them

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.”

The phrase is used to warn people not to forget those who have lost their lives at war, while we live through times of relative peace. You may see it written on poppy pin badges and other remembrance-related items. It is also inscribed on some soldiers' graves and war memorials.

However, soldiers at the front still relied on preserved foods. These largely consisted of tinned items, but also dehydrated meats and oatmeal that were designed to be mixed with water. Morale-boosting items, such as chocolate and sweets, were also provided. And powdered milk was issued for use in tea.

It made November 11 in each year a legal holiday: "a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.” In 1954 the word “Armistice” was replaced by “Veterans.”

The phrase eleventh hour has a Biblical origin; it comes from a parable in Matthew in which a few last-minute workers, hired long after the others, are paid the same wage. Despite being brought on the job after eleven hours of hard vineyard work, they weren't too late.

idiom. the last moment or almost too late: at the eleventh hour We only received the signatures at the eleventh hour.

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Borrowed from a line in a well-known poem written in the 19th century, the phrase 'lest we forget' means 'it should not be forgotten'. We say or write 'lest we forget' in commemorations to remember always the service and sacrifice of people who have served in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

What is the slogan for Remembrance Sunday? ›

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them. The Last Post is sounded. (A Piper Lament may be included in Scotland.)

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!' The concept of 'being careful not to forget' was already present in the Bible (Deuteronomy 4:7–9): "For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

'spasms of paper red' The poet creates a semantic field of suffering through the use of colour imagery and movement: spasms has connotations of being wounded. This could refer to the mother, the son or both. This concept is also used in stanza two.

Even then, the parent is longing for their child. They lean against the war memorial which looks “like a wishbone” – suggesting the parent is wishing their child would come back. It is unclear whether the boy is alive or not, the poem is deliberately ambiguous, but the memorial setting suggests he may have died at war.

'treasure chest' relates back to childhood and suggests a future full of possibility and riches 'I went into your bedroom, released a song bird from its cage': metaphor for the mother releasing the memory of her child. She has let something go that brought her joy.

Many countries that observe Armistice Day have common rituals or memorials. For example, since 1919 services around the world have included a short silence starting at 11:00 am. The idea for this moment of silence is credited to an Australian resident of London named Edward George Honey.

In 1922, Armistice Day was made a statutory holiday in France. To honour the fallen at 11 a.m. on November 11, every French city has a military gun salute, and wreathes are placed at WW I memorial statues, or graves. Also, there is a bugle call "for the dead".

An official observation of Volkstrauertag takes place in the German Bundestag. The President of Germany traditionally gives a speech with the Chancellor, the cabinet and the diplomatic corps present. The national anthem and the song "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" ("I had a comrade") are then played.

There are a few different ways of wearing your poppy, but firstly wear it with pride. Many say you should wear it on the left, symbolising that you keep those who died close to your heart. It's also where military medals are worn.