Remembrance Day
Friday 11th November 2016 and Sunday 13th November 2016
The animation below gives a quick summary of how the poppy became our symbol of Remembrance.
In Flanders Fields, John McCrae
In Flanders' fields
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders' fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high,
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders' Fields.
See below, a sample of our books and Dvds that can be found on the Heritage Library Catalogue.
Dvd: A remarkable and inspiring story about the power of the human spirit will capture your heart and engage your mind.
Bored and restless, Bruno, an naive eight-year-old,ignores his mother and sets off on an adventure in the woods. Soon he meets a young boy, and a surprising friendship develops. Set during World War 11,bases on the best selling novel by John Boyne. A remarkable and inspiring story about the power of the human spirit will capture your heart and engage your mind.
Stephen Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece Schindler's List
Experience one of the most historically significant films of all time in Stephen Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece Schindler's List tells the incredible true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler(Liam Neeson) who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust and whose lessons of courage continue to inspire generations.