The poppy symbol is believed to have come from the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, a poem about World War I. The opening stanza reads: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the ...

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 wearing of red poppies sometimes seems as much an annual tussle over their meaning as it is an annual remembrance of the ...

But only 44 baby girls received the name during World War 2. 7. One of the most powerful and poignant uses of poppy symbolism occurs every year at the Royal British Legion's Festival of ...

The council is now prominently displaying the symbolic red poppy. Westmorland and Furness Council is commemorating ...