Remember with Poppies. Memorial Day Poppy. Remembrance Day; November 11
Poppies in the Garden
Dedicate a place of honor in your garden with Poppies.
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.
By John McCrae
This poem was published in 1915;
The Poppy became a symbol for all the soldiers who died in battle.
The Poppy on Remembrance Day.
Poppies were the flower that had grown over the fields where soldiers had fought and died in battle in World War 1. Poppies have come to be known as; The Flower of Remembrance. In Canada, on November 11, Poppies are worn as a symbol of this remembrance. It is traditional to wear a Poppy starting on or around October 27 till November 11; on the left lapel and as close to the heart as you can.
Remembering for over a hundred years since the first Remembrance Day that was conducted in 1919; to commemorate the ending of the First World War in 1918. Canadians will wear a Poppy to pay tribute by remembering all soldiers from all wars that have fought for our freedom.
At the eleventh hour in the morning of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month. Pause in united silence for two minutes; and Remember.
