It’s Remembrance Day here, and at the end of a day full of ceremony and solemnity, I’m pleased to report that London Poppy Day (see previous post) brought in £802,000 (that’s $1,275,000)for needy veterans and soldiers and their dependents. That’s even more impressive when you consider that last year’s total was £450,000. As the British say, “Well done, you!”
The Queen touring a poppy factory.
Some poppies are made by hand, in factories set up to employ disabled veterans and their dependents. Click here to follow a link to a YouTube video of the Queen visiting a poppy factory, and making her own poppy to wear.
Oh, rats! Post went up at 2 minutes past midnight and so bears the date 12 Nov, when Remembrance Day is and has always been 11 Nov. Apologies for any confusion!
Not at all late. It was still the 11th here.