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Veterans Day Quiz

  1. Veterans Day marks the anniversary of the end of World War I.
  2. Veterans Day was known initially as Armistice Day.
  3. The war officially ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.
  4. The poppy inspired Canadian physician, Lt Colonel John McRae to write the World War I poem, “In Flanders Fields”. McRae wrote the poem after seeing the field of poppies blowing in the wind beyond the grave of a friend who died in battle.

In Flanders Fields

John McCrae, 1872 – 1918

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row, 
That mark our place, and in the sky, 
The larks, still bravely singing, fly, 
Scarce heard amid the guns below. 

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.

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