In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row.' In 1915, Lt-Col John McCrae, a Canadian army surgeon working in the field in France in the First World War, wrote his famously ...

Ancient Greeks associated poppies with abundance and fertility; in Ancient Egyptian art, the poppy flower ... the publication of the poem “In Flanders Field” written by Lt.

The Flanders Fields poppy has become an internationally known and recognized symbol of the lives sacrificed in war and the hope that none died in vain. The American Legion called upon Congress to ...

Tracey Largue After the war, the poppy became the symbol of Remembrance for those who gave their lives. It was inspired by the famous poem, In Flanders Fields, which was written during World War ...

Look at pictures of the poppy fields in Flanders. Use art materials to make individual poppies, then create a class poppy field, or use them to make poppy wreaths. Display with the words ‘We ...