Memorial Day, Meditation Posted by Julia della Croce at 11:40 am Add comments May 242014 Buds on olive branch, Miggiano, Puglia. Red poppies symbolize the war dead and eternal sleep. The olive branch is a universal symbol for peace. Credit: Nathan Hoyt Lord, bid war’s trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.—Oliver Wendell Holmes If you liked this post, please share it. FollowShareShare on Tumblr email Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong> Name (required) E-mail (required) URI