Friday morning, in his role with a local American Legion post, he stood outside an Ace Hardware store selling poppies ... evocative “In Flanders Fields.” The flowers mean so much to some.

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 ...

In Flanders Fields (PoetryFoundation.org) 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 ...

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.

John McCrae, who penned “In Flanders Fields” during World War I, described in his work a Belgian gravesite which had become covered with poppies. The flowers thrived ... “It’s a song of reverence and ...

Stand still and listen: each song lasts two or three minutes ... It’s called In Flanders Fields and it goes like this: “In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row,/ That mark ...

One of the most revered days in the Canadian calendar was caught up in controversy this week as a debate raged over the appropriateness of playing an Arabic song ... In Flanders Field and taking ...

In Flanders Fields, poppies blow between crosses row on row. Shine a light. Say a prayer. Silence warfare everywhere. Sing a song. Get along. Take the time to care. And let’s give hope when there’s ...

Murray McCann, who founded the Field ... Flanders Fields and the act of remembrance led by Teddy Manywounds of Tsuut’ina Nation. Meanwhile, at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, hundreds ...

The reason they chose poppies has to do with a song written in 1915. John McCrae's lyrics read (via Howlin Hockey): "In Flanders fields the poppies blow. Between the crosses, row on row ...