The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol of our remembrance of the sacrifices made in past wars? Scarlet corn ...
The poppy has become a widely recognised symbol of remembrance after it grew in the warfields of Flanders in Belgium. The Royal British Legion first started selling poppies in 1921, raising more ...
The new poppy has a 40% smaller carbon footprint, the Royal British Legion says A design firm has spoken of its pride in creating an environmentally friendly Remembrance Day poppy partially made ...
The poppy’s origins as a remembrance symbol lie in Canadian soldier John McCrae’s 1915 poem In Flanders Fields. It cites the poppies growing on the graves of fallen first world war comrades in ...
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