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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7207    Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Lest We Forget In Flanders Fields Poppy photographed on the First World War battlefield of the Somme near the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. by John McCrae, May 1915 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. Edited by imopar380 2011-11-11 1:34 PM (poppy.jpg) Attachments ----------------  poppy.jpg (16KB - 99 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7207 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | vedette - 2011-11-11 7:37 PM Thank you for remembering,this is one of my relatives who I recently found out about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Finlay Mark, my own grandfather was from Scotland, fought in the First War, in the Dardanelles campaign at the Battle of Gallipoli. While on a leave he went into Egypt, rented a boat, took a tour down the Nile, and a tour through the Pyramids. Then when the war was over, went back to Scotland, got married in 1919. Then had my mother in 1920, and emigrated to Canada in 1921. He joined the Canadian Army in 1940 and served on duty here at a local west coast Fort. The picture is of them at their 50th Anniversary in 1969. Grandpa spoke a lot of the old Broad Scots, which I picked up on at an early age as we spent a lot of time with them, weekly at their place or our place. I wish he were still around, I have so many questions now. Weel, that's aboot it fer the noo.  Edited by imopar380 2011-11-12 7:53 PM (GRANDPA_GRANDMA_STEVENSON_50TH_1969.JPG) Attachments ---------------- GRANDPA_GRANDMA_STEVENSON_50TH_1969.JPG (120KB - 91 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | At least in my part of the U.S., it is not recognized. I have heard of it, but the poppies were a new thing to me last year when they started showing up all over KAF (NATO base). I asked for the background and got me a poppy. Wore it again on the 11th and then pinned it on the wall. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7207 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Doctor DeSoto - 2011-11-12 7:52 PM At least in my part of the U.S., it is not recognized. I have heard of it, but the poppies were a new thing to me last year when they started showing up all over KAF (NATO base). I asked for the background and got me a poppy. Wore it again on the 11th and then pinned it on the wall. You still recognize Nov 11th as Veterans Day though, right? | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Roger that. It is a Federal-observed holiday, originally called "Armistice Day" and proclaimed by then-President Woodrow Wilson in 1919. From a grassroots effort coming out of Kansas, it was renamed "Veterans Day" in 1954 to honor all veterans. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7207 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | vedette - 2011-11-15 5:58 PM imopar380 - 2011-11-12 7:42 PM vedette - 2011-11-11 7:37 PM Thank you for remembering,this is one of my relatives who I recently found out about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Finlay Mark, my own grandfather was from Scotland, fought in the First War, in the Dardanelles campaign at the Battle of Gallipoli. While on a leave he went into Egypt, rented a boat, took a tour down the Nile, and a tour through the Pyramids. Then when the war was over, went back to Scotland, got married in 1919. Then had my mother in 1920, and emigrated to Canada in 1921. He joined the Canadian Army in 1940 and served on duty here at a local west coast Fort. The picture is of them at their 50th Anniversary in 1969. Grandpa spoke a lot of the old Broad Scots, which I picked up on at an early age as we spent a lot of time with them, weekly at their place or our place. I wish he were still around, I have so many questions now. Weel, that's aboot it fer the noo. :) Thanks for that wee story Ian,most of my family went to Canada too and didn't come back. Hey Mark, Whit ye mean tae say then is, " Maist o ma faimly flitted ower tae Canada and didnae cam back" .  | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Canada had a way of doing that to people. | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | That photo above reminds of a couple old birds I used to look after when was younger. They lived across the road from a friend. Mrs. B. was in her 80's and had gone off to England with the Canadian Army during the war, marrying a a U.S. GI and returning to the States, where her mother joined her after her father died. Mrs. H. was 107 when I saw her last. Both were going fools, keeping a good acre of ground in flowers and vegetables (I did the plowing and winter cleanup). But they were full of all sorts of wonderful stories of growing up on the Canadian prairie near Vermillion, Alberta. I enjoyed working for them a lot. Sassy old broads !  I still keep a pair of unworn knitted socks Mrs. H. made for me. Good peoples, them. | ||
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