MOST SOLEMN PART
SHOV/ER OF POPPIES
(Ecceived 12th November, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, 11th November. The most solemn part of the festival was introduced by the Scots Guards' pipers playing "Flowers of the Forest" and the Life Guards buglers sounding the "Last Post," while the voices of choir boys swelled sweetly in the hymn of sacrifice, "O Valiant Hearts." More than a million poppies fluttered down from the roof, one for every soldier fallen. As the silent scarlet shower ended, a great cross outlined in poppies shone over the audience, which joined in singing "Abide With Me." The trumpets rang out the "Keveille."
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 116, 12 November 1931, Page 13
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102MOST SOLEMN PART Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 116, 12 November 1931, Page 13
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