i have taken to saving Google’s marking of events , like the Olympics , and Halloween etc.
it’s where the letters of Google change , particularly the two OO’s , into something connected with the event .
so , my question , did Google do anything for Poppy day , and did anyone save it , and can you send me a copy ?
( my page has changed , so i missed whatever may have been presented)
i like the idea of the poppies , and i had two uncles who stayed in Flanders , as they were so taken with the place .
thanks in advance , and maybe you might take a moment out , to play The Return From the Somme , for some lad who was left over there , and had nobody to play for him .
The UK holiday Logos are not always the same as the US logos, and there is a Google UK Holiday Logo site. But it doesn’t have the logo they used for Remembrance Day - which is what they call it here.
Our Google Logo had poppies, not headgear.
France has the Day off for Armistice Day, which caused my firm some difficulty with customers looking for software licences in a hurry.
I was going to say something about “Flanders Fields” but then I saw the thread really was about “The Great War”. Interesting.
Now would be a good time to recommend some books about WWI.
The Great War and Modern Memory - Paul Fussell (?)
The First World War: A Complete History - Martin Gilbert
The Guns of August - Barbara Tuchman
The First World War - John Keegan
No Mans Land - John Toland.
Aces and Airmen of WWI - Alan Wood
Flying Fury - James McCudden
Here’s Sassoon’s poem about the Armistice, which captures the relief after four years of war.
Everyone Sang
EVERYONE suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom,
Winging wildly across the white
Orchards and dark-green fields; on—on—and out of sight. 5
Everyone’s voice was suddenly lifted;
And beauty came like the setting sun:
My heart was shaken with tears; and horror
Drifted away … O, but Everyone
Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.
The day is also called Remembrance Day in the UK, and throughout much
of the Commonwealth. The idea of using poppies came about as a result
of this poem by John McRae - a doctor serving with Canadian troops in
the unspeakable horrors of trench warfare on the Western Front.
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
I saw a movie version of that book, liked it and decided to read a translation of it. Into a couple dozen pages I had to look at the cover of the book to make sure it was suppose to be the same thing. I still have some strange images floating in my head from that book. Great read.
so , again , thanks for all the replies , love the idea of Google holiday logo site , and that there are people who also collect the images .
i’m wondering , have ye any other symbols , that speak volumes , in their simplicity ?
like for instance , a pocket of barley , springing up , in the spot where a Croppy would have fallen .
poppies , barley , they have no politcal affiliations . when i see them , i see lads , gone , long before their time .
and i’d just like to say here , that this is not a political , nationalist , or whatever the like , thread . keep it simple , keep it close to the ground.
thanking you , jim troy
