Monthly Archives: November 2017

Stand up for the Red, White and Blue: Part 3 – The French Blue Cornflower

Bleuet de France, 2012 version The British Red Poppy, the German White Rose, the French Blue Cornflower….Stand by the Red, White and Blue…Eternal symbols of Resistance to the Nazis, yesterday, today and tomorrow The French Blue Cornflower or bleuet de … Continue reading

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Stand up for the Red, White and Blue: Part 2 – The German White Rose

The British Red Poppy, the German White Rose, the French Blue Cornflower….Stand by the Red, White and Blue…Eternal symbols of Resistance to the Nazis, yesterday, today and tomorrow The White Rose (German: die Weiße Rose) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance … Continue reading

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Stand up for the Red, White and Blue: Part 1 – The British Red Poppy

The Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red exhibit at the Tower of London in 2014 on the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I consisted of 888,246 ceramic poppies, one for each British and colonial death.   … Continue reading

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