I'm American but until last summer I thought that Flanders was a city in Holland.
2006-09-11 03:02:25 · 12 answers · asked by AGoodPerson 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
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We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
by John McCrae, May 1915
*On 2 May, 1915, in the second week of fighting during the Second Battle of Ypres Lieutenant Alexis Helmer was killed by a German artillery shell. He was a friend of the Canadian military doctor Major John McCrae. It is believed that John began the draft for his famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' that evening.
A poem Cindy Sheehan does not understand.
2006-09-11 05:28:39 · answer #1 · answered by maî 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In Flanders Field, the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row
2006-09-11 08:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Flanders Field, the Poppies grow,
Between the crosses, row on row.
2006-09-11 03:05:00 · answer #3 · answered by Chief BaggageSmasher 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It used to be a country. Now it is part of Belgium. The people there speak Flemish. They had artists as skilled as the Dutch, whose paintings fetch millions today. Those maps you may have seen in your history books of "Europe in 1812", "Europe in 1914" are WAY too general.
I'm an American but I read a lot.
Most Americans - or, to be more accurate, citizens of the USA - don't know that Catalonia and Galacia were not always parts of Spain, while we're at it.
2006-09-11 03:12:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It used to be part of the United Netherlands (Holland) until it un-united into Belgium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders
2006-09-11 03:09:29 · answer #5 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Flanders........Dutch,French,German......many places have had dealings with Flanders.. rather than copy and paste..as there is too much information...go onto wikipedia. just put Flanders then all hell lets loose and you've got tons of information.
Good luck
2006-09-11 03:12:09 · answer #6 · answered by Sunseaandair 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In WWI in a field a battle was going on when the red poppies with
black center developed white crosses in the center of the poppies over night.
2006-09-11 03:14:35 · answer #7 · answered by always a friend 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure you're not talking about Ned?
2006-09-11 03:10:10 · answer #8 · answered by ♀Mañana♥^¥ ♪☺↕♫©⢠size= 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe it's in France, I do know a lot of young men died there in WW.1 such a loss to the world on both side's.
2006-09-11 03:11:23 · answer #9 · answered by wheeliebin 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
...that mark our place
and in the sky,
the lark still swiftly singing fly.
scarce heard among the guns below.
we are the dead...
2006-09-11 03:11:16 · answer #10 · answered by J G 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋