There was much pumpkin love last week. I think we were all glad we didn't have the task of carving that huge pumpkin.
The abandoned railway from week ran to a Kent port which ended up
getting overshadowed by the far bigger port of Dover situated a few
miles down the road. The answer to last week's question was of course then:
Folkestone
For this week's Sunday Snap
I thought it was only fitting for Remembrance Sunday to share my
photograph of the poppy installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of
Red at the Tower of London. The symbol of the poppy as a sign of
remembrance came about after fields of red poppies started appearing
in the spring of 1915. Poppy seeds can lie dormant for years until
disturbed and in this case by the constant shelling and fighting in
the French and Belgian fields. Two days before the Armistice was
declared in 1918 an American lady named Moina Belle Michael was
reading the poem We Shall Not Sleep – the alternative name
for the poem In Flanders Fields. She was struck by the last
verse:
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.
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.
From there her inspiration
to use a red poppy as symbol of remembrance grew. The
popularity of the poppy spread across the world over the years with the British Legion
launching a British Poppy Day Appeal in 1921. So this week's question
is:
Who wrote the poem In
Flanders Fields?
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Such a beautiful sight. So sad I probably won't get to see it in real life...
ReplyDeleteThe poppies are simply amazing, I don't think you can fully appreciate it until you are there in front of them.
ReplyDeleteI think it really gets to you when you realise that each of those poppies represents someone who died.
DeleteLove poppies just amazing that pictures looks amazing wow.x
ReplyDeleteI wish I had been able to see the poppies. They look amazing!
ReplyDeleteThey going on their travels shortly so you may get a chance to see some of them.
DeleteThe poppies are just beautiful - we loved seeing them x x
ReplyDeletebeautiful...we went last week and loved it xx
ReplyDeleteAmazing! It's a beautiful way to pay respect (there was a lot of heroes polish soldiers too)
ReplyDeleteI know - there's a Polish war cemetery in Newark.
DeleteSuch an amazing and beautiful photo. We would have loved to have seen the display!
ReplyDeleteWow, so many poppies!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great picture.
We visited the Tower of London back in the summer when they were first starting this task - it looked amazing then, so by now it must be breathtaking
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful memorial x
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that I managed to take the boys to see this and purchase a poppy. It is amazing
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