The simple poppy: a reminder of the universality of sacrifice

Service is service, the blood of all heroes never dies, and our remembrance of all veterans should be equally enduring regardless of the nature of their wounds.
National Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11, 2019.
People place their poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, on Nov. 11, 2019.

In Flanders Fields by the late-Canadian physician lieutenant-colonel John McCrae may be the most widely known poem that honours the lives of those who have served. It continues to be heard in Remembrance Day services around the world, and is a source of inspira...

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