Sure that’s not from the blood of all the beheadings held there over the past 800 years?
That’s art? They call it landscaping here in Florida.
Not sure if every poppy represents a fallen soldier/sailor/airman, but they did lose a generation of men during WW1.
Saw this on tv the other day.... wow
You should see their Festival of Remembrance from the Albert Hall, which will be held tonight but will not be on US TV to my knowledge. Youtube only. I am not aware of anything quite like it on our Memorial Day. The Queen, the PM and the people all gathered to sing and pray in memory of the war dead.
Here is a short excerpt from last year’s Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hQ1vhbQmeM
And a longer excerpt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS_nBmJlQjg
Just looking at the photo gave me chills. Beautifully done, a fitting tribute to the many great men, and women, of England who lost their lives.
The US has to wait until April 6, 2017, for our 100 year anniversary of our entry into World War I.
But hey at least the poppies move people to tears.
Brits should weep over the freedom that they have lost and are losing.
This is what I think of when I think of art and genius. Or the Pieta.
Pretty, but mawkish, in a “Let’s all have a good cry” kind of way. A lot like the 9/11 commemorations. The Brits are turning American.
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.
Written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London-based magazine Punch.
I am moved by this art. A wonderful tribute to the men and women who were killed defending freedom.
Nearly an entire generation of young Englishmen were erased in this war and it is a fitting tribute to their dedication and sacrifice.
Upon seeing photos of it for the first time yesterday, my screen went inexplicably misty.
The concept is elegant in its simplicity, the symbolism is very moving, and the execution is stunning.
Thanks for posting.
Is it the flowers? Or are they “pod people” at heart?
Absolutely beautiful and deeply moving.
How beautiful. In Flanders Fields the poppies grow...
As a Brit we (my wife and I) went to see this display. It touched us deeply. We wear our poppy with pride - and tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday, we shall all wear one - and I am privileged to lead an Act of Remembrance at a local village.
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.”
all reply:
“We will remember them”.
At our local cenotaph the names of 10 other young men who died in WW1 and WW2 have been added to the roll call. It shall be a moving experience.
warmest regards
vimto.
In WWI one out of every 25 Englishmen died in the trenches.
This is a very big deal for these people and I think we should give those fine soldiers the respect that we give our own.