the day on which the end of World War I (November 11, 1918) is celebrated (also called Remembrance Day or Armistice Day). Artificial red poppies (recalling the poppies of Flandersfields, a strategic battleground of World War I) are traditionally sold in aid o f ex-servicemen. These became an emblem of World Warveterans based on the poem, "In FlandersFields" written in 1915 by John McCrae (1872 - 1918 physician and poet) which has the following lines: / "If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow / In Flandersfields." —SHSBC Binder 19 Approved Glossary