Wearing poppies as a symbol of remembrance began in America. Moira Michael, an American, was deeply touched after reading The Battlefield of Flanders. She decided to wear poppies forever to show her memory. Miss Michael works in the American YMCA. 1918165438+1On Saturday, 9 October, she was in charge of the meeting of the wartime secretaries of the YMCA attended by representatives from many countries. In order to thank her for her warm hospitality, some representatives gave her a sum of money. Miss Michael told them that she would use the money to buy poppies. At the same time, she also told them the story of the battlefield between McRae and Flanders, and said that she would always wear poppies as a souvenir. Inspired by this, the representative of France, Ms. Gailin, thought of selling artificial poppies to raise money to help poor soldiers and their families. She promoted her views in the social institutions of European allies.
19 19, in order to cultivate everyone's sense of honor, Britain formed a British legion composed of retired soldiers and their families. Earl Haig, Field Marshal and later Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in Europe, decided to design a badge to express the wish of the deceased to rest in peace and the living to be strong. He finally adopted the poppy as a badge-this day happened to be165438+1October 1 1, Memorial Day.
192 1 year, the alliance adopted this idea and announced: "The Australian Commonwealth Union of Returned Sailors and Soldiers and other organizations of returned soldiers from the British Empire and the United Nations adopted a resolution at an international conference, recognizing Flemish poppy as a memorial flower for Armistice Day. "
"The Flemish poppy was adopted as a memorial flower worn by the soldiers who returned from the above days, because no other symbol can represent the battlefield where the heroes fought, and no other flower can make the land where the heroes slept sacred."
Battlefield of Flanders is the most infectious and well-known poem among all war poems. This poem aims at commemorating the soldiers who died defending the motherland, and contains the author's thoughts of opposing war and yearning for peace. Peter Hein Budens, a sculptor in Bruges, Belgium, designed a monument in memory of Lieutenant Colonel John McRae. This poem is engraved on a monument overlooking the ruins of the Ibras war.