Do you wear a poppy on your lapel?

[yeutter]

Thanks for the reminder. I will go down to my Legion Post and get a poppy.

 

[JM]

Yes.

 

[Mushroom]

I'm confused.

Oooh Kay!

Maybe best to leave the poppies alone.

I'm thinking I'd like to wear one, though. The thought of those brave souls laying down their lives to defend freedom always moves me. Arlington Cemetary is a very emotional place to visit for me. I imagine Flanders Field would be the same.

 

[CovenantalBaptist]

This is imprinted on the back of the (new) Canadian 10 dollar bill. Every schoolchild (in my day) memorized this poem. And, yes, I wear one.

In Flanders Fields
[SIZE=+1]By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Canadian Army[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+1]IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Between the crosses row on row,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]That mark our place; and in the sky[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]The larks, still bravely singing, fly[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Scarce heard amid the guns below.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]We are the Dead. Short days ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Loved and were loved, and now we lie[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In Flanders fields.

[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Take up our quarrel with the foe:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]To you from failing hands we throw[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]The torch; be yours to hold it high.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]If ye break faith with us who die[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]We shall not sleep, though poppies grow[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In Flanders fields.[/SIZE]

 

[tellville]

Poppies are a big deal in Canada. There was a story the other day about an Army Veteran selling poppies in a mall in Toronto and the security guard removed him from the property. Odds are the person was an immigrant so was unaware of the tradition, but boy was there an outcry!!\

Also, all Canadian soldiers are required to wear them on their uniform for about 2 weeks before and up to Remembrance Day.

 

[Matthias]

Poppies are a big deal in Canada. There was a story the other day about an Army Veteran selling poppies in a mall in Toronto and the security guard removed him from the property. Odds are the person was an immigrant so was unaware of the tradition, but boy was there an outcry!!\

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Wow.... that is just saaaaaaaaad