Remembrance Day When you hear 'Remembrance Day', what do you think of? I think of what we have to remind us of what happened. I think of all of the hardships that women and men suffered. But the last thing that should never be forgotten is the people who fought for our country. This sacred day should never be forgotten and that is why I am here today. There are many things to remind us of Remembrance Day. The poppies blowing in the wind remind us of who fought and died for our happiness. Therefore we must wear the poppy proudly as any one soldier would have. In Flanders Field many people lay there because they fought for us. Who could forget all of those soldiers? As the day comes closer, many people realize why we think of November 11 as such a special day. This day is a thank-you to all of those who fought for us. As we think about the poppy, we also think about the hardships people went through. Many of the women had to take over farms. The work that they could do was just enough to keep them alive. Watching their husbands and wives leave was one of the hardest things that people had to do. When they said, “I love you, good bye,” they would not know if those were the last words you would hear from them. Barely being able to cope with that, they needed a way to survive. Women would have to work by building machinery just to survive. What had our world come to? Who do we remember on November 11? We remember the daughters who lost their daddies, or maybe never even knew them. Some of them grew up without one. We think of the husbands who were lost and died for us, never knowing their children. They died as father, husband, friend, and hero to all. Maybe you grew up without your mom. How would you feel? These are all people we should remember. Remembrance Day is a day to remember, remembering those who died for us, the hardships of people, and all of those things that we remember them for. Mostly we remember why those people went to fight for us. Remembrance Day is a sacred day that everyone should observe. To all, 'Rest in peace.' Holly W.      2003 BACK