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Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. [1] The day is also marked by war remembrances in several other non-Commonwealth countries.
A remembrance poppy is an artificial flower worn in some countries to commemorate their military personnel who died in war. Remembrance poppies are produced by veterans' associations, which exchange the poppies for charitable donations used to give financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the armed forces.
A Canadian remembrance poppy worn on the lapel. The poppy of wartime remembrance is Papaver rhoeas, the red-flowered corn poppy. This poppy is a common plant of disturbed ground in Europe and is found in many locations, including Flanders, which is the setting of the famous poem "In Flanders Fields" by the Canadian surgeon and soldier John ...
Whether actual flowers are plucked for the occasion or a fabric or crepe paper version is used, the meaning of the red poppy remains clear: It symbolizes the memory of fallen soldiers.
The Scottish poppy, made at Lady Haig's factory Edinburgh, is different to those sold in the rest of the UK. ... The poppy as a symbol of remembrance was started by the American humanitarian Moina ...
The red flower is mostly associated with the U.K. and Commonwealth countries for Remembrance Day on Nov. 11, and the poppy symbol is believed to have come from the poem “In Flanders Fields” by ...
The Flanders poppy distributed by the RSA throughout New Zealand to raise money for the health and well-being of all service personnel and their families. Poppy Day is usually observed on the Friday before ANZAC Day (25 April), New Zealand's national day of commemoration. Remembrance plays a special part in the life of the RSA. A moment of ...
On 1 January 1994 the words on the central black button were changed from "Haig Fund" to "Poppy Appeal". [1] The Haig Fund continues to support veterans from all conflicts and other military actions involving British Armed Forces up to the present day. Its members sell remembrance poppies in the weeks before Remembrance Day/Armistice Day.