A Memorial Day Story
Reply The Poppy & Poem Story After WW I a poem emerged written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, who reportedly was inspired to write it after presiding over the funeral of his friend and fellow soldier 22-year-old Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. The poem gives voice to those soldiers buried in the battlefield, pleading with survivors to take up the torch of their fight, and to remember them even though red poppies now cover the battlefield. The poem gained widespread notoriety after McCrae was convinced to submit it for publication, and it was translated in...
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