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Re: Memorial Day~My 2 cents
There was a tradition back in the 1920's, where people would give out red creche flowers, made to look like poppy flowers. The reason was for WWI soldiers on memorial day, and it was a reference to a poem, In Flanders' Field. Here's the background: McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" remains to this day one of the most memorable… -
Re: Memorial Day~My 2 cents
xmacro:There was a tradition back in the 1920's, where people would give out poppy flowers. The reason was for WWI soldiers on memorial day, and it was a reference to a poem, In Flanders' Field. Here's the background: McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" remains to this day one of the most memorable war poems ever written. It is…
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