The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive ... realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent ...

Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day ... John McCrae, a famous wartime poem, referenced poppies in his famous poem 'In Flanders Fields'. "We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in ...

In the poem, McCrae described how "the poppies ... Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States." To this day, the poppy is worn in remembrance and used to raise funds for numerous veterans ...

Each year, on Remembrance Day, a long list of countries take ... In 1915, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote about poppies in his famous poem, In Flanders Fields. When the war finally ended ...

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 ...

Giant poppies will be painted on roundabouts in Lincolnshire to mark this weekend's Remembrance Day events. As in previous years, ten roundabouts across the county will be sprayed with the iconic ...