Poppies for peace: North Country blacksmiths helped create WWI memorial

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English - May 25, 2020 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.62 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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(May 25, 2020) A war memorial in Belgium includes metal poppies forged in the North Country a few years ago. The Adirondack Chapter of the New York State Designer Blacksmiths created fifty metal poppies that are part of a memorial in Ypres, Belgium to soldiers and civilians who died in World War One.