We will remember them – students stand together in silence

Deputy Principal Phil Hall read out the following from the Royal British Legion:

“Remembrance honours those who serve to defend our democratic freedoms and way of life.

We unite across faiths, cultures and backgrounds to remember the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from Britain and the Commonwealth. We will remember them.

We remember the sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from Britain and the Commonwealth.

We pay tribute to the special contribution of families and of the emergency services.

We acknowledge innocent civilians who have lost their lives in conflict and acts of terrorism.”

During the weeks leading up to the Parade, students on the Travel & Tourism course sold poppies at the college to raise money for the Royal British Legion.

Remembrance Day has its origins in Armistice Day, which was dedicated in Great Britain on November 11^th 1919, in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the peace agreement that ended the First World War.  King George V then requested that the country pause in silence for two minutes in acknowledgment of the war’s fatalities. Thereafter a period of silence became the centrepiece of Armistice Day.

After the conclusion of the Second World War, the British government, seeking to honour participants in both World Wars, added the new Sunday observance, which was thereafter known as Remembrance Sunday.