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In Flanders Field
In Flanders Field
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.
Why do we have remembrance day?
Why do we have remembrance day?
During WW1 many people fought openly on the fields near France and Belgium.
After the war ended the amount of blood spilled on the feilds soaked into the soil along with the rot and decay. The flowers that grew in the feilds after the war were Red poppies. Poppies often grow in neglected areas.
Colours of the Poppies
Colours of the Poppies
Red is the most common colour of poppy seen today. But what does it mean?
Red poppies are most common because it was areal red poppies that bloomed on the battlefield when the soldiers died. But some countries don’t allow there people to even touch a poppy because there are banned like China,Taiwan and singapore because of the morphine in it.
Did you know that there were poppies in tutankhamun tomb?
White poppies have three meanings; Remembrance for all those who were vitctims of the war; Challenging the glory of war; and a commitment to peace.
Purple poppies are used to commemorate the animals that lost their lives in the war.
Black poppies are to commemorate those of Black, African and Caribbean communities who gave their life during the war - They may have served as servicemen and servicewomen.
Blue poppies are for the soldiers who died in France, unlike red poppies they have blue ones to remember all the french people who sacrificed and died in the war,this is respect for them.
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