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".

105 Signatures

  • Sheldon Thompson
    • Comments
    • Please help children understand what war is, so they can avoid it as responsible adults
  • jonathan brevitt
  • Dr. John Joe Sark, L/L/D.
    • Comments
    • I agree!!!
  • Ed Murnaghan
  • Amanda MacKinnon
    • Comments
    • Great initiative. I give my full support.
  • Rodney Savidant
  • Brenda Savidant
  • Michelle Cruise
  • Scott Flemming
    • Comments
    • I don't want to go to war
  • Kelly Buell
  • Graham Driscoll
  • Gregory Benton
    • Comments
    • A most worthy effort and cause.
  • Robert Hensler
  • Shawn Sullivan
    • Comments
    • I got fired for taking Remembrance Day off here in Alberta,...no other reason. My Father was a War Veteran so I think people now need to remember especially the kids! Another issue is that all the Immigrants should need to take a course about our history because it was our forefathers that died to give us and these "New Canadians" a safe place to live and work. Shawn Sullivan
  • Brenda M. MacDonald
  • Tammy Brannigan
  • Tracey
  • Gary Stavert
  • geraldine tom
  • Terry Meginnis
  • Timothy Utton
  • Raymond Pitre
    • Comments
    • Fully supported.
  • Helen Wright
  • Lorna Bell
  • Anne Marie Dowling
  • Jan Theuninck
    • Comments
    • artist for peace, justice and civil liberties
  • Tiffany Lovesin
    • Comments
    • such an excellent idea
  • Karan MacDonald
  • Debbie Brown
  • Linda Harding
  • John Collette
    • Comments
    • As a serving member of the military, I believe that our next generation needs the structure of our vets past history.
  • Vicki Tudor
    • Comments
    • My Dad fought in WW2 - now deceased.
  • Doug Henderson
  • Leo Myers
  • Karen C.Clark
  • Steven Ball
  • Rick Ouellet
  • grant granger
    • Comments
    • least we not forget
  • Terrie-Ann Griffin
  • Ryan Walburger
  • Robert Campbell
    • Comments
    • I feel the Canadian government should be doing more to preserve the memories of the First and Second World War for the students of today.
  • Peter Holt
  • Dennis Biden
    • Comments
    • we owe it to thoes who did not make it back!
  • MIKE SAVIDANT
  • Shannon Timmons
    • Comments
    • "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -George Santayana
  • Margaret Barger
  • chris webster
  • Rhonda Schofield
  • Chris Lockert
  • Margaret D'Agostino
    • Comments
    • With all this death and war touching people all over the world we need this poem in our schools. .