Remembrance Day
Today in Canada is Remembrance Day! We have a lot of American students in our class who each year have asked, “Why is everyone wearing those red flowers?” Remembrance day is similar to Veterans Day in the States:
The red poppy has been Canada’s symbol of remembrance since 1921 and stems from Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae’s famous poem, In Flanders Fields, which speaks to the fear that the war dead will be forgotten. Canadians, and others in countries around the world, wear poppies over their hearts leading up to Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 as a pledge that the deaths of military personnel have not been in vain.
Each year the country is filled with millions of Poppies, a symbol of those who have died in war. I read an interesting article yesterday about a group that is selling white poppies. The white poppy is supposed to represent peace though many are outraged that they are using the poppy and piggy backing on an important symbol. What do you think?
Read the article here
On this day..
- Kathleen is Here! (and cold) - 2008
- Under Construction - 2005
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I guess you have to be an OLD American to remember poppy pins. My mom used to buy poppies for my coat on Veterans Day.
Love,
Angela Glidewell
Cool, a white poppy for represent peace.
don’t know if anyone else noticed, but the baby on the book cover looks kind of like Canaan from the previous post…but, as all the comments made it clear, Canaan’s the cutest (though I must put a disclaimer: cutest in Canada – I’ve got 4 nephews down here in the States). :)
It saddens me that the poppy is being taken from its original purpose of remembering our war veterans. They gave their lives that we might have peace and freedom from the likes of Hitler. Would Hitler have laid down his weapons if world citizens had worn white poppies and asked for dialogue to sort through some issues with him? We have a global responsibility to oppose the Hitlers of this world, and we need to fully support our troops even if we disagree with our governments position.