WHY ARE POPPIES WORN ON VETERANS DAY?
The poppy became a symbol of remembrance after the horrific WWI battle in Flanders Field in Belgium. The field, littered with the bodies of young soldiers, was also filled with pop- pies. After John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” was first published in 1915, the poppy became a popular symbol for soldiers who died in battle. In 1918, Moira Michael wrote a poem in reply, ‘We shall keep the faith’, in which she promised to wear a poppy in honour of our dead. This began the tradition of wearing a poppy in remembrance. Curious George to be in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Happy 60th birthday, Curious George! It is most curious to me how you stay so youthful! If you have not heard of Curious George, he is a favorite little monkey in a serious of child- ren’s books written by Margret and Hans Rey, but it is a wonder he reached bookshelves at all. In 1940, George’s creators, the Reys, were German Jews living in Paris, and Hitler was poised to invade. Hans made two bikes from spare parts,
