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>http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/193023709
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.
We are the dead; short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though Poppies grow
In Flanders field……
This is the symbol of our remembrance,
This red poppy that Canadians coast to coast proudly wear for a few days before and on Nov. 11th.
At 11 am it seems that the country goes silent for that 2 minutes of silence to honor those that died in that horrible conflagration 100 years ago.
But the poppy is more than just a symbol of reverence for the dead for in that war Canada became a country with an army independent of Britain. It is said that the Canadians were the fiercest fighters in that war and shone in such famous battles as Ypres, Passchendaele, and the most famous Canadian victory of all at Vimy ridge, which was said by the Americans and the British, to be impossible to take, but the plucky Canadians with great sacrifice, took that high ground and on that day, truly became an independent country.
So we wear the poppy for a short period of time as a symbol of reverence and national pride and proclaim our patriotism quietly on that day… Let us hope that with the current political situation that it is a national custom that will not die…
Junior, you will never make s the worlds first post national state as long as the poppy remains a symbol of this vast and great land.