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(11-11-2014 06:21 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Am I the only elder in this crowd who remembers that paper poppies used to be passed out by the American Legion and other organizations on Veterans Day to symbolize the epic poem In Flanders Fields?
Paper poppies on Veterans Day ring a bell, I think I saw this on TV (noticed this in a movie?! Can anyone think what movie that could have been?), but definitely not the poetic background - thanks, Laurie!

And thanks, Mike, for posting the poem excerpt! It reminds me of this beautiful song:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3HVGO1Ze6YQ
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