In the UK this week, we have remembered all those from this country and the Commonwealth who have been injured or killed in warfare.  The time and date that the World War 1 Armistice was signed is commemorated as people stand in silence for 2 minutes at 11am on 11th November.  The red poppy became a symbol of Remembrance after Canadian doctor John McCrae wrote the poem, “In Flanders Fields” in 1915, inspired by the poppies that grew in the battle-scarred fields of World War 1.  Since 1921, it became a tradition for volunteers to collect money in the streets, supermarkets and train stations for the Royal British Legion to support those affected by war.  Many people have attended memorials in their towns and have worn their poppy, saying the words: “We will remember them,” thinking of all those (past and present) who are affected by war.