In Flanders Fields

Description

In Canada, we celebrate Remembrance Day on November 11th. Our symbol of remembrance is the red poppy. Leading up to the day, many stores sell poppies, and you can see veterans with their poppy boxes, in full dress uniform. I always try to buy from a veteran, so I can thank them for their service.

In Flanders Fields was written by a Canadian physician from Guelph, Ontario, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae after presiding over the funeral of his friend Lieutenant Alexis Helmer in WWI. Practically every Canadian kid from Kindergarten onwards can recite this poem from memory as they march in line, led by a veteran, from school to the nearest cenotaph or other memorial, to pay their respects.

With paper by Brandy Murray - Countryside poppies, and mask by Cari Lopez - Flower Container Garden