Why do we wear poppies on Remembrance Day?
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World War I

Why do we wear poppies on Remembrance Day?

It’s an awful paradox:the poppy,commemorating lives lost to war,flourished on the Western Front only after it became a battlefield.

  • byTony Wright

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Scarred by war,my husband and I found our family in the army

Scarred by war,my husband and I found our family in the army

Despite their sacrifices,veterans’ families are rarely provided for within the veteran system. That’s why I’m devoting my life to this cause,and telling our story this Remembrance Day.

  • byRenee Wilson
First post:New Shrine Guards to make Remembrance Day debut

First post:New Shrine Guards to make Remembrance Day debut

Eight new officers will join the Shrine of Remembrance guard after completing specialised training to join the small but important unit.

  • byLachlan Abbott
Queen sprains back,pulls out of Remembrance Sunday service

Queen sprains back,pulls out of Remembrance Sunday service

The palace says her back injury is not related to the unspecified condition that has seen her withdraw from attending public gatherings.

  • byLatika Bourke
Cannon smoke and gum leaves mingle on Remembrance Day at the Shrine

Cannon smoke and gum leaves mingle on Remembrance Day at the Shrine

As crowds including the Prime Minister,Premier and lord mayor made their way back at the shrine,the solemn occasion began,for the first time,with a Welcome to Country.

  • byBianca Hall
Tears in the crowd for recent loss on Remembrance Day

Tears in the crowd for recent loss on Remembrance Day

She was an emotional face in the crowd watching the Remembrance Day service in Martin Place. This is what it is all about. Remembering.

  • byTim Barlass
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Veterans from conflicts apart united on Remembrance Day

Veterans from conflicts apart united on Remembrance Day

Two soldiers from different conflicts and different generations will be united in reflection when they attend the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place.

  • byTim Barlass
Two world wars,but no land:Herbert’s skin was the wrong colour

Two world wars,but no land:Herbert’s skin was the wrong colour

Herbert Lovett served in both world wars. But there was no soldier’s land for him:only a shed on a squatter’s farm by Blackfellows Creek.

  • byTony Wright
Lest we forget the cost of war as China hawks beat their drums
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Lest we forget the cost of war as China hawks beat their drums

In a few short years we have gone from our prime minister praising China for its “spectacular advance in human welfare”,to parliamentarians comparing it to Nazi Germany.

  • byStuart Rollo
RSL hopes Sydneysiders will dig deep for 100th Poppy Day

RSL hopes Sydneysiders will dig deep for 100th Poppy Day

After COVID-19 severely restricted last year’s Remembrance Day commemorations,the RSL is hoping it can get back to pre-coronavirus levels of support on Thursday.

  • byTim Barlass
Shrine plans a fancier way to mark Remembrance Day

Shrine plans a fancier way to mark Remembrance Day

Pigeons will be released from the Shrine to mark Remembrance Day for the first time since it was opened in 1934.

  • byCara Waters