Page 68 - Flanders Fields News Today

Madison Legion Auxiliary to distribute poppies Share Contributed photo To honor fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of veterans, members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 39, Madison, plan to distribute bright red poppies in exchange for a donation throughout May at various businesses in Madison. National Poppy Day is Friday, May 28. The Flanders Fields poppy has become an internationally-known symbol of the lives sacrificed in war and the hope that none died in vain. The Ame...

Of them that flee, of them that basely yield; Nor ours the shout of victory, the fame Of them that vanquish in a stricken field. That day of battle in the dusty heat We lay and heard the bullets swish and sing Like scythes amid the over-ripened wheat, And we the harvest of their garnering. Some yielded, No, not we! Not we, we swear By these our wounds; this trench upon the hill Where all the shell-strewn earth is seamed and bare, Was ours to keep; and lo! we have it still. We might have yielded...

SD Master Chorale: “Patriotism During a Pandemic” The SD Master Chorale will honor fallen members of the US Armed Forces by performing a Memorial Day program on the flight deck of the USS Midway. The patriotic musical program will be recorded on April 24, 2021 and will be available to the general public at no charge on Memorial Day, May 31, 2021. The concert will also be streamed across a variety of military broadcast channels. Music Director John K. Russell has selected a special program i...

It's 100 years since the Royal British Legion was founded on May 15, 2021. Here we look back at a century of service.

A march past of Royal British Legion standards at the Suffolk Show in 2004 - Credit: Archant Its 100 years since the Royal British Legion was founded on May 15, 2021 - and Suffolk has been involved right from the start. Although celebrations have inevitably been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Suffolk RBL is planning a special centenary service on September 19 at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Suffolk county chairman Ken Rowbottom said: "We have been doing huge amounts of planning and are hoping...

Posted: May 12, 2021 21 Nothing appears to symbolize the true meaning of Memorial Day in our country more than the beautiful and poignant poem In Flanders Fields. This poem was written 106 years ago by Canadian poet and WWI battlefield surgeon Lt. Col. John McCrae, after he had seen a field of colorful red poppies blooming on what shortly before had been a war-torn battlefield in West Flanders, Belgium.  The poem In Flanders Fields and the red poppy later became symbols of remembranc...

Members of the American Legion Post 120 will distribute poppies in exchange for donations on May 27-29 at Breens Market in Palmyra.

The ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #118 are passing out red poppies around Bishop. Donations are welcomed and appreciated. All proceeds benefit local Veteran services, and Veterans and their families. The ladies can be found in front of Grocery Outlet, Vons, and Dwayne’s Friendly Pharmacy at various times., now through May 30. In 1924, the distribution of poppies became a national program of The American Legion Auxiliary.  Congress approved National Poppy-Wearing Day, in rememb...

LETTER: May is poppy month The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the Park Rapids Enterprise by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Park Rapids Enterprise. To submit a letter, email sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com or mail it to Park Rapids Enterprise, 203 Henrietta Ave. N., Park Rapids, MN 56470. Written By: Pat Cadreau, president, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 212, Park Rapids | 6:00 am, May 2, 2021 × Throughout the month of May, th...

Denise Formolo IRON MOUNTAIN — Shortly after World War I, an amazing thing started to happen. Bright red poppies began to flourish in northern France and Belgium. lt seemed to be a mystery as to why these flowers would flourish so heavily after the war. The soil was studied and analyzed by scientists and they attributed the growth to the soil having become enriched with lime from the rubble left behind by the war. During WWI the soldiers would dig latrines along the rear line and then heavil...