Yea! This poem is quite popular. It's called Flander's Fields.
Flanders fields
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.
Its by: Lieutenant Colonel
John McCrae
(1872-1918)
Its called a poppy!
The Poppy
poppy
Poppies became the symbol of sacrifice during World War 1 and the publishing of the poem by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Army. Follow the link below to read the poem and a short history of how it came about.
Remembrance Day, or Poppy day started in order to honour the memory of soldiers sailors and airmen who died to save us .
Soldiers didn't wear poppies in WW2. The tradition of wearing a red poppy button originates from the 1917 poem "In Flander's Fields", by John MacRae. He wrote a poem about the carnage he saw during the Great War, and in the first line, says:"In Flander's Fields, the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row."In honor of MacRae and his poem, the poppy has become a symbol for Remembrance Day in Canada - a day where all soldiers fallen in battle are remembered and mourned.
You wear the poppy on the left side ONLY
red poppy
its because
because soldiers died in poppy fields so it soldiers that have died that is also why it is called remembrance day and why we have two minuets silents.
Veteran's Day was originally called "Armistice Day", observing the end of WWI by Armistice. It was during WWI that a poem entitled: "In Flanders' Field" was penned, mentioning the symbolism of the poppy; this was used as a symbol of the war forever thereafter.
Remembrance Day, or Poppy day started in order to honour the memory of soldiers sailors and airmen who died to save us .