The government has also issued new guidelines for local authorities ahead of the second lockout in England on November 5.
Local authorities, faith leaders and members of the Royal British Army are allowed to hold outdoor events to mark the 8th of November at a public war memorial or safe marking at Sinotef.
Former Chief of Naval Staff Lord West of Spithead has spoken out against the ban on church services due to Kovid-19. The retired admiral suggested that the plans put the elderly at “risk of pneumonia” because they had no choice but to pay tribute to their fallen comrades in the cold, which would allow them to attend church services under lock and key. There is a fine of less than 200
Commemorative events should be small and focus on flower garlands, while marches can be past or parade if the audience is socially distant.
Participants include those who are legally permitted to participate in programs as part of their work, such as local councilors and faith leaders, members of the armed forces, and seniors.
Although people are legally allowed to stop and watch as spectators, according to the guidelines, appropriate steps must be taken to “minimize the general public.”
Members of the public are only allowed to attend the event alone with their family or support bubble or with someone else outside their home.
The guideline states that limited communal singing, including the national anthem and an additional anthem, has been allowed outside, to provide for additional participation.
These include singing for a few minutes or less, placing two meters between the audience and regular cleaning of the surrounding surfaces.
An official spokesman for the prime minister confirmed on Monday that there would be a national ceremony at the Cenotaph in London.
The spokesman said: “We are definitely not canceling Memorial Sunday events but we should keep in mind the risks, especially the elderly who are often elderly.”
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Two minutes of silence
The first Memorial Day was held in 1919 in Britain and the Commonwealth. However, Australian journalist Edward George Honey is believed to have suggested the idea of a two-minute silence in a letter published in it. London evening news In May 1989.
King George V later issued a proclamation calling for a two-minute silence: “The whole place should be closed, so that, in complete peace, everyone’s thoughts may be remembered in remembrance of the glorious dead. He could. ”
Why do we wear poppies?
In the spring of 1915, shortly after losing a friend in Yapres, Canadian doctor Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, seeing the rise of poppies in conflict zones, was inspired to write the now famous poem. In Flanders Fields.
Her poem inspired Moina Michael, an American teacher who started making and selling silk poppies to friends to raise money for a former volunteer for Niti.
Not long ago, the Popes made their way to the UK and became a symbol of the Royal British Army when it was built in 1921.
For the first time in the UK that year, Poppy Appeal spent more than 10 6,106,000 on veterans of the war. The following year, a dust factory was set up by Major George Hawson MC, which provided jobs for disabled veterans.
The bright red ash is considered to be an elastic flower that flourished despite the destruction of the field by the war.
Some people say that you should wear bhukki on your left side, so it is worn inside the heart. On the left is also where military medals are worn. Others say it is an urban myth that only the Queen and the Royal Family are allowed to put ashes on the right.
A Royal British Army spokesman said there was nothing wrong with that, “except to wear it with pride”.
