CmdrAdama
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At the Tower of London
A poppy was positioned - one for each life lost
The sculpture showed the loss of life and also the blood red flowers flowed over the moat
Nothing more to add, it was very moving
TiredOldBroad
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.
TiredOldBroad
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 fields.
leroy666
Is the Poppy a symbol only in the Commonwealth, or do other countries(European or not) use it as well.?
CmdrAdama
Not sure, but I know the French use other symbols and a cornflower or Bluette.
adamsonpaul5772
I have one of those.
CmdrAdama
Cool.
It was a very special bit of art
Lethalcgreen
Lives lost in what? There's context needed
baltimoreon
WW1
CmdrAdama
Today?
FetaForMoses
People died TODAY? And they already put up those poppies? Man that’s fast.
CmdrAdama
You so funny
CmdrAdama
Clues in the tags for the oblivious, uninformed, or just so based In A culture so separate from mine that the date and the poppies are not clear enough signifiers
pyr0max
Poppies don't mean anything to someone outside the UK, which has an decreasing sphere of influence for some time now.
leroy666
Not true. Maybe no big deal in Murica, but all Commonwealth members celebrate this, and it's a BIG deal.
pyr0max
I stand corrected.