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Why the Poppy?

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Today, fields of brilliant poppies still grow in France.

A writer first made the connection between the poppy and battlefield deaths during the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, remarking that fields that were barren before battle exploded with the blood-red flowers after the fighting ended.

During the tremendous bombardments of the First World War the chalk soils became rich in lime from rubble, allowing 'popaver rhoeas' to thrive. When the war ended the lime was quickly absorbed, and the poppy began to disappear again.

After John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields was published in 1915 the poppy became a popular symbol for soldiers who died in battle.

Three years later an American, Moina Michael, was working in a New York City YMCA canteen when she started wearing a poppy in memory of the millions who died on the battlefield.

During a 1920 visit to the United States a French woman, Madame Guerin, learned of the custom. On her return to France she decided to use handmade poppies to raise money for the destitute children in war-torn areas of the country. In November, 1921, the first poppies were distributed in Canada.

Thanks to the millions of Canadians who wear flowers each November, the little red plant has never died. And neither have Canadian's memories for 116,031 of their countrymen who died in battle.

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

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

In Flanders Fields was first published in England's Punch magazine in December 1915. Within months, this poem came to symbolize the sacrifices of all who were fighting in the First World War. Today, the poem continues to be a part of Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canada and other countries throughout the world.

The poem was written by a Canadian-John McCrae, a doctor and teacher, who served in both the South African War and the First World War.

Five new French Immersion schools have been approved by the public school board.

Next September, French Immersion classes will be held at Rowntree and Worthington Public Schools in Brampton and Edenrose and Ridgewood Public Schools and Edenwood Middle School in Mississauga. Peel District School Board trustees approved the plan at their last regular meeting.

Also approved was community consultation on reorganization of French Immersion programs at Mississauga's Hillcrest and Whiteoaks Public Schools. Brampton's Agnes Taylor Public School and Mississauga's Credit Valley, Plum Tree Park and Oscar Peterson Public Schools will be monitored for possible opening of new French Immersion sites in 2011.

Springdale, Brampton east and west will be monitored annually, along with Southeast Mississauga, for French Immersion enrolment growth. High schools will also be watched for growth changes.

Special parent information evenings at all French Immersion schools are scheduled for Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. The deadline to register for French immersion programs next year is Jan. 29, 2010.

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