'LEST WE FORGET'
Lest We Forget - three words renowned across most countries to
show remembrance of those who have fought, and those who have died fighting
for freedom. It means that we will never forget.
In Canada, the day is honoured by wearing poppies, a flower that bloomed throughout the fields of battle
grounds in France and Belgium during World War I.
The wearing of the symbol of
the poppy was made popular due to the poem, Flanders Fields, written by Canadian
physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae after witnessing his friend and
fellow soldier struck down in the midst of battle in WWI.
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