Poppies and 'grief facism'

[Chris_Sleeps 10]

Rememberance Sunday? Sunday?

Why do you have it on Sunday. the 11/11 doesn't always fall on a Sunday.

I presume it is for religious service and the act of visiting a cenotaph / memorial. It makes a certain sense to take the time out on a Sunday. A silence is still observed on the 11th, is it not?

[harvey19 541]

The wearing of a poppy to me is simply a way of showing you remember all those who died in wars and that they are not forgotten.

[Scozzie 10]

I presume it is for religious service and the act of visiting a cenotaph / memorial. It makes a certain sense to take the time out on a Sunday. A silence is still observed on the 11th, is it not?

 

much to my dismay, none of the places I have worked at in the UK for the past 5 years have.... although they have for the Hillsborough Distaster, September 11 and 7th July.

[Rupert_Baehr 10]

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Edited November 23, 2010 by Rupert_Baehr

[boyfriday 21]

Unfortunately, that's not the case. Remembrance day was held on the 11th of November but the government (and I can't remember which one) decided to move it to a Sunday because (presumably) it wasn't deemed to be important enough to merit disrupting a work day.

 

I guess Sunday's also have some spiritual significance which may have affected the decision.