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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:51 am

Could anyone tell me what today's image is? I guess it has something to do with World War I and "In Flanders Fields"but I don't know exactly.

Thanks

ps: today is the date of the October Revolution on the Gregorian calendar. In 1917 Lenin led an assault against the Winter Palace in Petrograd (today St. Petersburg) overthrowing the Provisional Government. The soviets came to power.

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here · Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:11 pm

lol

mod baiting on a Monday, very brave

you got it, in the UK "artificial" poppies are sold prior to Remembrance Sunday to raise funds, and yes it goes back to WWI and the trenches

http://www.poppy.org.uk/support-us/poppy-appeal-2011

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:08 pm

In 1918, the war officially ended at 11 o'clock on the 11th of the 11th
We generally stop at that time for two minutes silence to take thought of all that have given their lives in war.

The nearest Sunday is a day when church services, military parades and the laying of poppy wreaths at war memorials are carried out.

Due to their prolific nature, the poppies filled the battlefields and the poppy became the symbol for Remembrance day.

Wikipedia wrote:

Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty since World War I. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognized as special days for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the official end of World War I on that date in 1918; hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice ("at the 11th hour" refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 a.m.)
The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on 7 November 1919 as a day of remembrance of members of the armed forces who were killed during World War I. This was possibly done upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.[1]
The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem In Flanders Fields. These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilled in the war.

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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:26 pm

A wonderful piece of music PF. And a good performance. Here is another appropriate song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De8NimBUBww

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:15 pm

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It's nice to see a tribute to veterans. Thanks Admin team! Smile

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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:34 am

Today one historian will give our class a presentation about czechoslovak legions from WWI.

We will remember you. Thank you.

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:03 pm

In the US, the VFW still sells poppies; it is a remembrance of the troops who lost their lives for us. Our local VFW doesn't sell or hand out the poppies anymore so I wear a metal poppy that I got from the VFW.

Today I am also wearing "My Vote Counts" as it was election day here. And I am ever grateful for the veterans who fought for my being able to vote.

(VFW - Veterans of Foreign Wars)

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Fowan Nyne wrote:

Due to their prolific nature, the poppies filled the battlefields and the poppy became the symbol for Remembrance day.

PF's not gonna like this but "Flanders Field" was written by a Canadian Shocked

Quote:

Inspiration for the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae

Major John McCrae, second in command of the 1st Brigade Canadian Canada

Field Artillery during the Second Battle of Ypres in April and May 1915. Major John McCrae

It is thought that doctor John McCrae (30th November 1872 — 28th January 1918) began the draft for his famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ on the evening of the 2nd May, 1915 in the second week of fighting during the Second Battle of Ypres.

It is believed that the death of his friend, Alexis Helmer, was the inspiration for McCrae's poem ‘In Flanders Fields’. The exact details of when the first draft was written may never be known because there are various accounts by those who were with McCrae at that time.

One account says that he was seen writing the poem sitting on the rearstep of an ambulance the next day while looking at Helmer's grave and the vivid red poppies that were springing up amongst the graves in the burial ground.

Another account says that McCrae was so upset after Helmer's burial that he wrote the poem in twenty minutes in an attempt to compose himself.

A third account by his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Morrison, states that John told him he drafted the poem partly to pass the time between the arrival of two groups of wounded at the first aid post and partly to experiment with different variations of the poem's metre.

John McCrae, was serving as a Major and a military doctor and was second in command of the 1st Brigade Canadian Field Artillery. The field guns of his brigade’s batteries were in position on the west bank of the Ypres-Yser canal, about two kilometres to the north of Ypres. The brigade had arrived there in the early hours of 23rd April.