Despite his hands shaking, the voice of the 88-year-old World War II Navy veteran rang patriotic red, white and blue clear ... Pastor Rob Weigel read a poem by Mark A. Wright called "Heroes ...

And between the crosses — and throughout war-torn Flanders –poppies bloomed bright red ... important view of the poem. The enemies he speaks of are also things like color, race, and certain ...

Over the past century, red ... of color. It was the spring of 1915, just after a battle that resulted in the deaths of 87,000 Allied soldiers. McCrae responded to the sight by composing a poem ...