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that engulfed Sri Lanka. a well-known Professor of Medicine at McGill
It was the end of the WW I which had cost the University, Montreal. He had previously served
then British Empire many millions dead and its as a gunner in the South African War and at the
allies and enemy many millions more. In this outbreak of the First World War decided to join
background, November 11 was adopted as the ‘Day the fighting ranks. However, the powers-that-be
of Remembrance’ for the fallen in that war and in the decided that his abilities could be used to better
years between the First and Second World Wars. At advantage, and so he landed in France as a medical
the close of the World War II, November 11 became officer with the first Canadian Army contingent.
the ‘Day of Remembrance’ for the dead of both WW
I and WW II. For many years afterwards, Armistice Flanders was the region now covered by
Day was observed on November 11 but now it is the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders,
held always on the Sunday nearest November 11. the French Department of Nord and part of the
Dutch province of Zeeland. Thousands of soldiers
Flower of Sacrifice who died at the battlefront in France were buried
there. In 1915, at a Canadian dressing station
In ancient Cathay, long before Marco North of Ypres on the Essex Farm, Lieutenant
Polo first saw its wonders and before Confucius Colonel John McCrae would take in the view of the
lived to spread his philosophy of gentleness and poppy strewn salient and experience a moment of
understanding, there grew a flower from which artistic inspiration.
was distilled a potent drug. It was white and known
as the ‘Flower of Forgetfulness.’ Centuries passed, In Flanders’ Fields
dynasties rose and fell. Then, out of the land of
the white poppy, came Genghis Khan. His ravaging He was able to distill in a single vision the vitality of
hordes as they swept westward brought terror. the red poppy symbol, his respect for the sacrifice
Wherever they passed men died. made by his patients and dead comrades and his
intense feeling of obligation to them. At a small
But something besides death they brought - first-aid post during a lull in the action Lieutenant
it was a strange and awesome symbol in the wake Colonel John McCrae would capture all of this in
of the Great Khan’s blood-thirsty wars. Wherever the most famous single poem of the World War I,
the blood of man was spilt, the seeds of the flower in pencil on a page torn from his despatch book;
can remain dormant in the earth for years, but the
‘Flower of Forgetfulness’ blossom spectacularly In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow
when the soil is churned. The white ‘Flower of Between the crosses, row on row.
Forgetfulness’ had turned blood red; and in the That mark our place; and in the sky
center of each flower was outlined a cross, as though The larks, still bravely singing, fly
nature herself was crying in protest at the wanton Scarce heard amid the guns below.
slaughter. We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Through the centuries, even stranger events Loved and were loved, and now we lie
occurred. Emperors and kings marched their armies In Flanders’ Fields.
across suffering Europe in bloody conflict and Take up our quarrel with the foe;
everywhere, on battlefields which before had been To you from failing hands we throw
bare, there sprang the poppy, carpeting the graves The torch; be yours to hold it high,
of men who had died. It was Lord Macaulay who If ye break faith with us who die
first drew attention to this strange symbolism and We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
it was he who first suggested that the poppy should In Flanders’ Fields.
henceforth be known as the ‘Flower of Sacrifice.’
The Red Poppy
Flower of Remembrance
In January 1918, Lieutenant Colonel John
The Flanders’ poppy was first described as McCrae was brought on a stretcher to one of the
the ‘Flower of Remembrance’ by Lieutenant Colonel big hospitals on the Channel coast of France. On
John McCrae, who before the First World War was the third evening he was wheeled to the balcony of
his room to look over the sea towards the cliffs of
that engulfed Sri Lanka. a well-known Professor of Medicine at McGill
It was the end of the WW I which had cost the University, Montreal. He had previously served
then British Empire many millions dead and its as a gunner in the South African War and at the
allies and enemy many millions more. In this outbreak of the First World War decided to join
background, November 11 was adopted as the ‘Day the fighting ranks. However, the powers-that-be
of Remembrance’ for the fallen in that war and in the decided that his abilities could be used to better
years between the First and Second World Wars. At advantage, and so he landed in France as a medical
the close of the World War II, November 11 became officer with the first Canadian Army contingent.
the ‘Day of Remembrance’ for the dead of both WW
I and WW II. For many years afterwards, Armistice Flanders was the region now covered by
Day was observed on November 11 but now it is the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders,
held always on the Sunday nearest November 11. the French Department of Nord and part of the
Dutch province of Zeeland. Thousands of soldiers
Flower of Sacrifice who died at the battlefront in France were buried
there. In 1915, at a Canadian dressing station
In ancient Cathay, long before Marco North of Ypres on the Essex Farm, Lieutenant
Polo first saw its wonders and before Confucius Colonel John McCrae would take in the view of the
lived to spread his philosophy of gentleness and poppy strewn salient and experience a moment of
understanding, there grew a flower from which artistic inspiration.
was distilled a potent drug. It was white and known
as the ‘Flower of Forgetfulness.’ Centuries passed, In Flanders’ Fields
dynasties rose and fell. Then, out of the land of
the white poppy, came Genghis Khan. His ravaging He was able to distill in a single vision the vitality of
hordes as they swept westward brought terror. the red poppy symbol, his respect for the sacrifice
Wherever they passed men died. made by his patients and dead comrades and his
intense feeling of obligation to them. At a small
But something besides death they brought - first-aid post during a lull in the action Lieutenant
it was a strange and awesome symbol in the wake Colonel John McCrae would capture all of this in
of the Great Khan’s blood-thirsty wars. Wherever the most famous single poem of the World War I,
the blood of man was spilt, the seeds of the flower in pencil on a page torn from his despatch book;
can remain dormant in the earth for years, but the
‘Flower of Forgetfulness’ blossom spectacularly In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow
when the soil is churned. The white ‘Flower of Between the crosses, row on row.
Forgetfulness’ had turned blood red; and in the That mark our place; and in the sky
center of each flower was outlined a cross, as though The larks, still bravely singing, fly
nature herself was crying in protest at the wanton Scarce heard amid the guns below.
slaughter. We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Through the centuries, even stranger events Loved and were loved, and now we lie
occurred. Emperors and kings marched their armies In Flanders’ Fields.
across suffering Europe in bloody conflict and Take up our quarrel with the foe;
everywhere, on battlefields which before had been To you from failing hands we throw
bare, there sprang the poppy, carpeting the graves The torch; be yours to hold it high,
of men who had died. It was Lord Macaulay who If ye break faith with us who die
first drew attention to this strange symbolism and We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
it was he who first suggested that the poppy should In Flanders’ Fields.
henceforth be known as the ‘Flower of Sacrifice.’
The Red Poppy
Flower of Remembrance
In January 1918, Lieutenant Colonel John
The Flanders’ poppy was first described as McCrae was brought on a stretcher to one of the
the ‘Flower of Remembrance’ by Lieutenant Colonel big hospitals on the Channel coast of France. On
John McCrae, who before the First World War was the third evening he was wheeled to the balcony of
his room to look over the sea towards the cliffs of
