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HISTORYOFPOPPYDAY
THEFLOWEROFREMEMBRANCE
“LestWeForget”
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ItstartedinWorldWarOne(WW1)
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TheCountryside
• Thespringof1915wasthefirstMmethatwarmweatherbegantowarmupthecountrysideaQerthecoldwinteratwarin1914-1915.
• IntheregionaroundYpresinBelgianFlandersthemonthsofAprilandMay1915wereunusuallywarm.FarmerswereploughingtheirfieldscloseuptothefrontlinesandnewlifewasstarMngtogrow.
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ThePoppy
• OneoftheplantsthatbegantogrowinclustersonandaroundthebaUlezoneswastheredfieldorcornpoppy(it'sspeciesnameis:papaverrhoeas).ItisoQentobefoundinorontheedgesoffieldswheregrainisgrown.
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ThePoppy
• ThefieldpoppyisanannualplantwhichflowerseachyearbetweenaboutMayandAugust.It'sseedsaredisseminatedonthewindandcanliedormantinthegroundforalongMme.Ifthegroundisdisturbedfromtheearlyspringtheseedswillgerminateandthepoppyflowerswillgrow.
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TheDisturbance
• ThisiswhathappenedinpartsofthefrontlinesinBelgiumandFrance.OncethegroundwasdisturbedbythefighMng,thepoppyseedslyinginthegroundbegantogerminateandgrowduringthewarmweatherinthespringandsummermonthsof1915,1916,1917and1918.
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TheStory
• Thesightofthesedelicate,vibrantredflowersgrowingontheshaUeredgroundcaughttheaUenMonofaCanadiansoldierbythenameofJohnMcCrae.
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TheStory
• HenoMcedhowtheyhadsprungupinthedisturbedgroundoftheburialsaroundthearMlleryposiMonhewasin.ItwasduringthewarmdaysofearlyMay1915whenhefoundhimselfwithhisarMllerybrigadeneartotheYpres-Ysercanal.
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ThePoem
• HeisbelievedtohavecomposedapoemfollowingthedeathofafriendatthatMme.ThefirstlinesofthepoemhavebecomesomeofthemostfamouslineswriUeninrelaMontotheFirstWorldWar.
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InFlandersField
• InFlandersfieldsthepoppiesblowBetweenthecrosses,rowonrow,Thatmarkourplace;andintheskyThelarks,sMllbravelysinging,flyScarceheardamidthegunsbelow.
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InFlandersField
• WearetheDead.ShortdaysagoWelived,feltdawn,sawsunsetglow,Lovedandwereloved,andnowwelieInFlandersfields.
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InFlandersField
• Takeupourquarrelwiththefoe:ToyoufromfailinghandswethrowThetorch;beyourstoholdithigh.
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InFlandersField
• IfyebreakfaithwithuswhodieWeshallnotsleep,thoughpoppiesgrowInFlandersfields
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“LestWeForget”
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