ext_38426 ([identity profile] windrose.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] rusty_armour 2008-11-16 02:47 am (UTC)

No, we used to wear poppies, but the practice has all but disappeared. I can remember as a teenager pleasing an old veteran enormously by both buying a poppy from him on Veteran's Day, and reciting the opening lines of "In Flanders Fields" to show that I understood its significance.

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