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“In Flanders Fields the Poppies Blow...”- The story of the poppy flower internationally recognized as the symbol of Remembrance.

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Reporter to the SBS Sinhalese program from Queensland Mr Janaka Weerasingha tells you the story of how the red field poppy came to be known as an internationally recognized symbol of Remembrance as well as the historical back ground of well known song of the remembrance - In Flanders Fields….



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