Question of the Day
Poppies were the first flowers to grow in the fields where soldiers were buried after the war.
The famous poem "In Flanders Fields" inspired people to associate poppies (or papaver rhoeas) to commemorate servicemen and women killed during the first world war.
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Red poppies symbolise remembrance. The story goes that, following one of the bloodiest battles of World War I, in the fields of Flanders in western Europe,when ...
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The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. ... The poppy came to represent the immeasurable sacrifice made by his comrades and quickly ...
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Informtion on the meaning and history behind Remembrance Day in England. Includes poems and music. ... Why do we wear a poppy during November?
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A writer first made the connection between the poppy and battlefield deaths during the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, remarking that fields that were ...