On 11 November 2008 Michael Sylvester wrote:
I could swear that while growing up on the Caribbean Island of St.Lucia,
we had a holiday called Poppy Day and we actually sold poppies.
Obviously, it must have been a British thing. Is this same as Armistice
day or Veterans day as celebrated today
I could swear that while growing up on the Caribbean Island of St.Lucia,we had
a holiday called Poppy Day and we actually sold poppies. Obviously,it must have
been a British thing.Is this same as Armistice day or Veterans day as
celebrated today in the U.S? And why a poppy flower? Anything to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I could swear that while growing up on the Caribbean Island of
St.Lucia,we had a holiday called Poppy Day and we actually sold
poppies. Obviously,it must have been a British thing.Is this same as
Armistice day or Veterans day as celebrated today in the U.S? And
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
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
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In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
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
PM
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Subject: [tips] attn: Commonwealth Tipsters
I could swear that while growing up on the Caribbean Island of
St.Lucia,we had a holiday called Poppy Day and we actually sold poppies.
Obviously,it must have been a British thing.Is this same
Chris- Careful- someone will shorten that nickname! J
Tim
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I think there are American fans as well. I
memorized this poem as a child in Catholic grade
school in Ohio.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
The veneration is not just a Commonwealth habit. The wearing of
silk poppies on Veterans Day (aka Armistice Day) was common in my
area of the Southern USA when I was a youth.
A 100,000 dead in a single battle--approaching the inconceivable.
Ken
Christopher D. Green wrote:
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It was a common practice to purchase little, artificial poppies on Veterans Day
in New York when I was growing up in the 1950s (and probably later). They were
sold by a veterans group, either the Veterans of Foreign Wars or maybe the
American Legion.
Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D.
Department of
Ken Steele wrote:
The veneration is not just a Commonwealth habit. The wearing of silk
poppies on Veterans Day (aka Armistice Day) was common in my area of
the Southern USA when I was a youth.
A 100,000 dead in a single battle--approaching the inconceivable.
Pardon my error. It was 100,000
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