Trenches and No Man’s Land at Flanders Fields. Flanders Fields is a common English name of the World War I battlefields in an area straddling the Belgian provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders as well as the French department of Nord, part of which makes up the area known as French Flanders. WIKIPEDIA
Pictured are poppies at Flanders Fields.
Inever really thought about why the poppy was used to commemorate those who died in war until recently. I was learning about a poem called “In Flander’s Fields “ and learned quite a bit about using the poppy for this reason.
It started with a Canadian Surgeon and soldier named Lt. Col. John McCrae. For brevity I won’t go into his long and illustrious career as a physician, soldier, poet, author, ar…
