Elayne Riggs' Journal (for Leah)

Thursday, November 11, 2004

In Flanders Fields the Poppies Blow

Today is Remembrance Day or, as it's called in the US, Veterans Day, marking the anniversary of the armistice ending the War to End All Wars. Glad that "ending war" thing worked. May the families of all who lost their lives in pursuit of rich men's goals somehow find their own inner peace, because the outer variety doesn't seem to be on the horizon any time soon. Via Carolyn Ibis, there's a new poppy coin in circulation in Canada:

Yes, that's its actual color. Probably fades quickly but nonetheless very striking (pun unintended).

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