Bring Flanders Fields to Canadian Schools
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(See the video on Youtube, "Bring Flanders Fields to Canadian Schools").
In a day and age where there are fewer Vets around to tell younger generations of the past world wars and why we Remember, I think it is important to give young Canadian students something tangible that will be available for generations to come.
Many Canadian kids have heard John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields", yet that place and the sacrifices associated with war are somewhat abstract ideas to them. There is nothing physical that the children can tie their thoughts to when thinking about these things.
In an attempt to make it more real for them, I am going to ask the Canadian Government to procure a large amount of soil from the Flanders region of Belgium... large enough so that every elementary school in Canada can have a potted poppy growing in soil from Flanders.
By doing this, children will be able to see and touch something that proves Flanders exists, and the message of Remembrance Day may become all the more real and meaningful for them.
Please sign this petition and spread the word to others. You can also join a group on Facebook called, "Bring Flanders Fields to Canadian Schools".
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Please help children understand what war is, so they can avoid it as responsible adults
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With all this death and war touching people all over the world we need this poem in our schools. .
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