On Remembrance Rituals

[dewline]

I was at an open lecture at Carleton last night discussing monuments and memorials. The guest lecturer of the evening, Karen Franck, observed with mild surprise that in recent years in the States, she didn't see poppies as part of the Veterans Day rituals...as opposed to her observations of people in Ottawa.

Comments

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

I have never seen Poppies as part of a Veterans Day ritual in the US. It took me awhile to figure out what they were when I visited Canada.

In the US, because we're such nationalistic, jingoistic, self-absorbed Mofos, it's always the US Flag.

I also think that because of the War on Drugs (tm), nobody want to be remotely associated with opium poppies.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Points well taken.