Posted by Kirsten
on 5/11/2009, 17:49:30, in reply to "Re: More pics from the Royal Tour to Canada -- My Photos"
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: Is the wearing of poppies in the lead up to
: November 11 a custom in Canada as well as in
: the UK?
Yes. The brighter red poppy the Prince wears is the Canadian poppy. Here is a link to the history of the wearing of poppies.
http://www.legion.ca/Poppy/campaign_e.cfm
Also a short bio of Lt.Col.John McCrae, Canadian officer who wrote the poem, "In Flanders Fieldsthe poppies blow
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