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, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We ...

The poppy is more commonly tied to veteran remembrances in Europe, partly because of the World War I poem, "In Flanders Fields." However, it also has North American roots, and you might see people ...

McCrae wrote “In Flanders Field”—poppies are also known as the Flander poppy—a short, three-stanza poem that gives a stark look at death and war. In the poem, “In Flanders Field ...

The red poppy has come to symbolize remembrance and hope following the 1915 publication of the wartime poem “In Flanders Fields,” written by a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae ...

[Listen to song, with the video, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edyVLwWSJ9k.] Scarce heard amid the guns below…. I was reminded of this by Poppies, a Russian ...

In Flanders Fields The Poppies Blow…” These are the opening words of Col. John McCrae’s immortal poem (In Flanders Field) dedicated to the memory of the men and women who served, fought and died in ...

The poppies in that fateful field were Papaver rhoeas, known by many names, such as Flanders, Shirley, or corn poppies. An annual plant, it flowers through summer, typically May to August.