Author : Helen Cox Cannons
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1484627075
"Describes the importance of Remembrance Day"--
Author : Heather Patterson
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 18,11 MB
Release : 2007-10
Category : Poppies
ISBN : 9780545999816
How did the bright red poppy that we all wear in November become Canada's symbol of honouring those who fought for our freedom on Remembrance Day? Moving text coupled with stunning illustrations by Governor General's Award-winning artist Ron Lightburn explain the symbolism behind the poppy. A bonus for teachers is the five-page spread all about the poem, "In Flanders Fields," Canada's wartime and peacekeeping endeavours, and the adoption of the poppy as our Remembrance Day emblem.
Author : Barbara E. Walsh
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 10,23 MB
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1635924367
Here is the inspiring story behind the Veterans Day red poppy, a symbol that honors the service and sacrifices of our veterans. When American soldiers entered World War I, Moina Belle Michael, a schoolteacher from Georgia, knew she had to act. Some of the soldiers were her students and friends. Almost single-handedly, Moina worked to establish the red poppy as the symbol to honor and remember soldiers. And she devoted the rest of her life to making sure the symbol would last forever. Thanks to her hard work, that symbol remains strong today. Author Barbara Elizabeth Walsh and artist Layne Johnson worked with experts, primary documents, and Moina's great-nieces to better understand Moina's determination to honor the war veterans. A portion of the book's proceeds will support the National Military Family Association's Operation Purple®, which benefits children of the US Military.
Author : Imperial War Museum
Publisher : Imperial War Museums
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781904897514
The major art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London marked one hundred years since the first full day of Britain's involvement in the First World War. Created by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper, 888,246 ceramic poppies progressively filled the Tower's famous moat between 17 July and 11 November 2014. Each poppy represented a British military fatality during the war. The poppies encircled the iconic landmark, creating a spectacular display visible from all around the Tower, which attracted more than 5 million visitors. The scale of the installation was intended to reflect the magnitude of such an important centenary and create a powerful visual commemoration. Featuring forewords by Paul Cummins and Tom Piper and stunning photography of the installation, The Poppies: Blood Red Lands and Seas of Red is the only official publication to mark this landmark event. As thousands of the poppies used in the installation tour the country during the remainder of the First World War Centenary, this publication will undoubtedly prove popular with visitors to both the Tower and the new venues alike.
Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 23,36 MB
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0750989556
The Remembrance Poppy is a haunting reminder of the ultimate cost of war. Worn by millions around the world every year, the Poppy compels us to remember war's dead, wounded and bereaved, regardless of nationality or conflict. As we reflect on the centenary of the First World War, this book charts the history of the Remembrance Poppy, from its origins in the battle-tortured landscape of Flanders in 1915 to its enduring relevance in the present day. It sets the Poppy in its context of tragedy and sacrifice, always acknowledging that our war dead are gone, but not forgotten.
Author : Paul O'Prey
Publisher : Imperial War Museum
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,20 MB
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1912423324
From the worst horrors of modern trench warfare a small handful of soldiers and nurses created a body of poetry that is so vivid and intense that one hundred years later it has engraved itself on our national consciousness. This anthology focuses on those poets who were on the front line, from the famous Sassoon, Owens and Graves, to nurses like Vera Brittain. The poems are accompanied by a brief and accessible introduction, which sets the context for a reader new to the poems, as well as short biographical profiles of the poets.
Author : David Von Drehle
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 080507970X
"Von Drehle has chosen a critical year ('the most eventful year in American history' and the year Lincoln rose to greatness), done his homework, and written a spirited account."N"Publishers Weekly."
Author : Michael Morpurgo
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 39,76 MB
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1407188801
A new wartime classic from two legends of children's literature! Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have teamed up with the British Legion to tell a new story inspired by the history of the poppy. When John McCrae wrote his famous poem "In Flanders Field" among the trenches of war-torn Belgium, neither he nor a local village girl who saves a discarded draft of it could know what enormous power that poem would have on generations to come.
Author : Michelle Ule
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,33 MB
Release : 2018-10-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781724569769
Spanning three countries and the four years of World War I, A Poppy in Remembrance tells the epic story of a young American woman's struggle to become a journalist in her father Jock Meacham's world. As she searches for where she belongs professionally in London, Claire Meacham meets Reverend Oswald Chambers who opens her eyes to a completely different life. Working as Jock's stenographer, Claire journeys to Egypt in 1916 where unbeknownst to him, she volunteers at Chambers' YMCA ministry for ANZAC soldiers. Claire finds her heart divided between a YMCA worker and a New Zealand soldier, while her reporting opportunities increase. When Jock demands she choose between her family and her faith, Claire struggles to find a balance. Chambers' death throws everything into confusion as she and Jock transfer to France for the final year of the ghastly war. Poppies mark WWI battlefields, but also serve as a mythological sign of hope. As Claire survives the final days of war in France, how will she find a way to encourage a ravaged world, a man to share it with and that elusive byline?
Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
Publisher : Oneworld Publications
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780744049
The definitive history of the ever-enduring icon In the aftermath of the horrific trench warfare of the First World War, the poppy – sprouting across the killing fields of France and Belgium, then immortalized in John McCrae’s moving poem – became a worldwide icon. Yet the poppy has a longer history, as the tell-tale sign of human cultivation of the land, of the ravages of war, and of the desire to escape the earthly realm through opium dreams or morphine drips. From the ancient Egyptian fights over prized potions to the addicts of the American Civil War, to the British entanglements in the Opium Wars with China and the struggle to end Afghanistan’s tribal narcotics trade, there is the poppy.
