Where the poppies blow: In Ypres, Great War lives on.(Travel)

From: The Washington Times | Date: November 6, 1999| Author: Slusser, Richard | Copyright information

YPRES, Belgium - Poppies still bloom in Flanders Fields , but the flowers among the rows of gravestones are the blossoms of spring and summer that the fallen Tommies knew. Mown grass surrounds the tombstones of these British soldiers, many unknown.

Poppies - plastic or cloth - are left in wreaths or as single-blossom memorial tributes to the World War I dead. This flower, whether real or artificial, is the badge of recognition for visitors to Ypres and the Great War's...

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