Pertinent Links to Poppy Information

Recommended by National and Department of Arizona

 

http://www.homestead.com/flyingshovels/POPPYDAY.html

This website has information on the Australian RSL Poppy and on Flanders Fields.

 

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/

This website has both the Flanders Field and Moina Michael Information along with a beautiful Poppy Picture.

 

http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/flanders.htm

A good history of what led up to the writing of the poem and how it’s popularity spread.

 

http://www.army.gov.au/history/InFlandersField.htm

This website from Australian government and their army contains quite a bit of information on RSL, Flanders Fields and how the poem was sent to the media.

 

http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/rpoppy.htm

This website from the Great War Society has more information on Flanders Fields and the Poppy.

 

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/veterans-day/lesson-plan/3244.html

This is a teacher’s plan for information on poppies, although written for the Ladies Auxiliary (VFW); it could be converted easily to the American Legion Auxiliary.