Office workers stop to remember the fallen

Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral two of the places marking Armistice Day

Article posted: 11 Nov 2011

Workers at offices in Central London and across the UK will today take a moment from their busy schedules to stop and remember the soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of others.

This year the event seems all the more poignant with the eleventh day of the eleventh month falling in the eleventh year of the century, an event which occurs only once every one hundred years.

At St Paul’s Cathedral protestors will move away temporarily to make way for the Remembrance Day events which include the unveiling of an art installation made of poppies, which at ground level looks as though poppies have fallen randomly, but when viewed from the Whispering Gallery depicts three child soldiers.

The work was designed by artist Ted Harrison, who wished to draw attention to the 250,000 children worldwide who are currently under military orders.

At Westminster Abbey a Field of Remembrance has been created containing over 100,000 crosses received from the supporters of the Royal British Legion, all planted by volunteers. The site was visited yesterday by the Duke of Edinburgh who laid a cross and joined veterans for a two-minute silence.

Twitter is also to host a Remembrance Day service for the first time which will include hymns, names of those who gave their lives, the last post and a minute’s silence. Tweet Remembrance appears on twitter as @Poppy_Tweet

Posted by Julie