Canada - November 11 Remembrance Day is one of our national holidays. There are solemn ceremonies on Parliament Hill (Ottawa) and in most cities, towns and villages. Even here in a small western Canadian city I have seen a Ghurka veteran in his distinctive leather hat. Poppies and Canadian John McRae's poem, In Flanders Fields, featured on http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/remembranceday Best memory from now ancient school days in a small coastal village: Gathering in the community hall, singing God Our Help in Ages Past...