Subdeacon Joe Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 as found on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Harder to find them now...Use to sell them all over while I was growing up...Now...Seems they forget much of history... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Very big here in Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 In Canada almost every adult wears a poppy starting in late Oct to Nov 11. At the national ceremony in Ottawa, right after the service most people lay their poppy on the tomb of the unknown soldier, as it is in the same vicinity to the national monument. 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 quarrel with the foe: To with failing hands we throw The torch: be yours to hold it high. If ye breaks faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Written by Lieutenant Colonel, John McCrae, Medical Officer, Canadian Army, 1915 while taking a break from treating the wounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 My grandad, Edward F. W. Winskill, was a Vancouver BC native who was an Royal Air Force pilot in the Great War, flying as an artillery spotter. He was never shot down, but had an engine failure at 4,000 feet and landed behind German lines. Not too far behind; he evaded and got a whiff of mustard gas, not enough for damage. He often remarked that those biplanes glided well! Those of my generation grew up among men of my grandad's generation who fought in WWI. Indeed, I was a grown man of 29 years when he died. Then....not more than a few years ago now, they were all gone-- every last WWI veteran in the world. It won't be long before the same is true of WWII veterans. Men who were very young at the war's end, who still survive, are in their mid-90s now. There really are not many left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw Gambler Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 just bought some. they are green with white center, no red ones around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiepan Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 How least the future generations forget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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