Why Are Poppies Important?
/ANZAC Day\
Why Are Poppies So Important To ANZAC Day: Worn on remembrance day (25th of April) each Year the red poppies were one of the first to flower in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium in the First World War. A lot of people also wear the poppy on ANZAC day (25th April.)
To the Left is a picture of the type of poppie we wear on remembrance day (25th of April.)
Canadian Colonel John McCrae first described the Red Poppy, the Flanders’ poppy, as the flower of remembrance. 
To the left is Colonel John McCrae.
Here is a poem John McCrae Wrote about Poppies:
Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
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.
Hi Emil, what an informative post about Anzac Poppies. I especially like how you have used a variety of media (poem, photos, pictures and facts)to share your ideas. Next time you could tell us why you chose the poppy as your topic for this post. Do you think poppies are an important part of Anzac Day celebrations and why? Mrs P
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