“In Flanders Field” was published in Punch magazine in December 1915. The remembrance poppy is part of the tradition commemorating fallen troops in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.

Images: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images Composite: ... “In Flanders Fields,” inspired the use of poppies to remember veterans. ... “In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow / Between the crosses, ...

As the last ceramic poppy to pay tribute to the 888,246 British and Commonwealth soldiers who died during WW1 has been placed at the Tower of London, take a look at the display with these images ...

Flanders Field was a common name for battlefields in Belgium and France. In Europe, unlike America where bodies often are returned, the tradition is to bury the dead near where they fell.

McCrae wrote “In Flanders Field”—poppies are also known as the Flander poppy—a short, ... 31 Painfully Unfortunate Photos That You Sickos Won't Be Able To Stop Laughing At.

The new $10 bill has prompted scores of complaints from Canadians who maintain that the poem has been misprinted; that the first line should be "In Flanders fields the poppies grow."This, in turn ...

In Flanders fields.” – "In Flanders Field" by John McCrae McCrae was promoted to the consulting physician of the First British Army just four days before dying of pneumonia on Jan. 28, 1918.

The poppy is more commonly tied to veteran remembrances in Europe, partly because of the World War I poem, "In Flanders Fields."However, it also has North American roots, and you might see people ...

The red flower is mostly associated with the U.K. and Commonwealth countries for Remembrance Day on Nov. 11, and the poppy symbol is believed to have come from the poem “In Flanders Fields” by ...