The PoppyRemembrance DayNovember 11, 2009

What is the poppy for?

• To help us remember the sacrifice soldiers and veterans gave for our country.

Whose idea was it to use the poppy?

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

• Born in Guelph, Ontario on Novmeber 30th, 1872.

• Canadian doctor, serving in France during World War 1.

• Died January 28th, 1918 in France of pneumonia (age 46).

• Author of the poem “In Flanders Fields”.

Where is Flanders Fields?

• Flanders is an area in the countryside of northern France and Belgium.

• It’s about 6,000 Km from Lieutenant-Colonel McCrae’s home in Guelph.

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

What is the poppy campaign for?

• To raise money to help support veterans and their family members.

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What is the poppy for?

• To help us remember the sacrifice soldiers and veterans gave for our country.