Show J THE H STORY O OP OF i THE por POPPY t f fIn In the tho spring of 1919 after the war war wn r on Fanders Panders Field where th the firing tiring had been terrific and thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of our boys had fallen in battle bat hat tle in the midst of complete devas- devas the poppi poppies i came up tip in a abundance The Th French women ton tell you today that the tIle poppy is significant significant significant cant of the sacrificial blood of the boys who fell on Fl Flanders Flanders' Those who have traveled France since th the war tell us it Jj is peculiarly true that where the battle battle bat bat- tle tlc was vas the fiercest and the bloodshed bloodshed bloodshed blood blood- shed the thc greatest the he poppies to tIns thus day grow more profuse From this beautiful superstition comes the true message of the poppy the the message from the boys who fell feIl as expressed most beautifully in Co Colonel McRae's enaes verse verse We We Shall Not sl Sleep p i In Flanders Flander's Field the poppies poppies' blow biow Between the crosses row on row row- That t mark our place and in ill the say The larks still bravely bravel singing fly Scale heard amidst the tho guns below V We are aie the thc dead Short da days ago we lived felt dawn saw sunset glow Lived and were loved and t now we lie lio In Flanders Field Take up your quarrel with the foe To you from failing falling hands we throw The he torch torch be torch torch-be be yours to hold nold it high If ye yc hr break ak faith with vi h those who dIe cie We Ve shall not sl sleep cp though poppies poppi s grow In Flanders Flander's Field |