The Poppy Remembrance Tradition and Armistice Day
The poppy became linked to war dead over centuries with early notes in the 1600s and Napoleonic graves. John McCrae’s Flanders poem helped cement its significance, and in 1921 the Great War Veterans Association in Port Arthur adopted the poppy as a remembrance symbol. French poppies inspired Canadian adoption, and by 1923 veterans in Canada began selling the emblems to fund welfare, with five million distributed last year. November 11th remains Armistice Day wearers' deadline.
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John McCrae
Great War Veteran’s Association
Port Arthur
Flanders’ Fields
Madame E. Guerin
France
Channey
Hamilton
Canada
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Hillsburg
Manitoba
Roblin
Province of
Manito
A.D
Charles Filewich
Shellmouth
Dropmore
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North East
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W.A
M.F.U. Dance
Roblin Memorial Hall
Pat Powell
M.F.A
Legion Club
The
Review Office
Silverwood Hall
Clemenceau School
Roblin Electric
Rochedale Ladies Club
Zelena
Ladies’ Curling Club
Walter
Dianne
Lynda Fedorchuk
M. Switzer
C. Filewich
F. W. Belcher
Lennox Ave
Winnipeg
A. J. Belcher
Bield
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R. Perchaluk
Watrous
D. Antosh
Sam Toderian
Fawcett
T. P. Rubeniuk
Dauphin
Wm. Cox
H. Keast
N.E
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Deepdale
Lennox Avenue
H. Faulconer
Massey-Harris
Russell Exchange
Ford Major
International
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Spear & Riach
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James Puritch
J. D. Barrington
Binscarth
Adams
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Grandview
Jack Stinson
N. E
Henry Chick
Sec.treas
Leslie I. Spear
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Goose Lake
Con. S.D
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Sun Cole
J. Brown
Roblin Curling Club
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Stauffer
Chick
Arnott
Mitchell
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Laird
Otke
Titanich
Peteleski
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L. I. Spear
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Birch River
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Roblin Review
1St Avenue
Roblin, Man
D. H. Oliphant
Post Office Dept
Ottawa
Diplomat
Ceder
Community Dial
Anola Beulah Fork River
Inglis Lee du Bonnet Lockport
Marquette New Sarum
Petersfield
Pipestone
Riverton
Starbuck
Vidir
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Goodlands
Inwood
Letother Lorette
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