The poppy flower has long been associated with veterans and their service, but what does it symbolize and why? The flower is commonly used on both Veterans Day and Memorial Day as a symbol to ...

also known as Armistice or Remembrance Day. In the US, the poppy is typically worn on Memorial Day in May. In the Victorian era, flowers were used as symbols to express feelings and sentiments ...

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 ...

Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day ... made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting and find a truce. Poppy A flower that was found to grow on WW1 battlefields after the war which ...

Gordon Michie, Poppyscotland’s Head of Fundraising, said: “100 years ago, the Poppy that grew on Flanders Fields was adopted as our nations symbol of Remembrance, this little flower has over the last ...