The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the ...

The poem describes the delicate red wildflowers ... decorated with knitted poppies, to mark Remembrance Sunday 2024. In Scotland, landmarks install red lights as part of a nationwide "light ...

Its use was inspired by a poem, written by serving soldier ... Like the red poppy, the white badge also symbolises remembrance for victims of war. The Peace Pledge Union says the white poppy ...

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