In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae, May 1915
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.
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john...nspiration.htm
The Story Behind the Remembrance Poppy:
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/article/remembrance-poppy.htm
We Shall Keep the Faith
by Moina Michael, November 1918
Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet - to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.
We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.
And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honor of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields.
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The Tower of London poppy display is downright amazing, what's even more amazing is they sold each poppy and the money will go toward their six armed forces charities, many of the flowers are ending up on eBay, eBay in turn is cancelling those auctions as inappropriate.
It's hard to see the scale of it all, but there are 888,246 ceramic poppies, these are not those little poppies you get for a donation here in the states.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/07/world/...html?hpt=hp_c3
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