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2. Remembrance poppy - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Remembrance Day - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Poppy - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Voices: Is it now acceptable to accessorise with a ... - AOL

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   COMMENT: As MPs become the latest people in the public eye with not one but several poppies clustered on their lapels, is this once-powerful symbol in honour of the war dead in danger of becoming ...

6. Remembrance Sunday: What's different about the Scottish poppy?

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   Traditional remembrance events at local war memorials are held across Scotland every Remembrance Sunday. Many of those taking part will be wearing poppies - more than 100 years after the tradition ...

7. Royal Canadian Legion - Wikipedia

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   The poppy is a powerful symbol associated in Canada with loss, sacrifice and remembrance. With the formation of the Legion in 1925 the poppy was adopted as a national symbol of remembrance. In 1948, the Government of Canada awarded the poppy's trademark to the Royal Canadian Legion to protect the image from misuse.

8. The poppy appeal saved my life, says veteran - AOL

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   Terry Barnett says the Royal British Legion helped him after he faced issues with addiction.

9. Anna Guérin - Wikipedia

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   A vintage Canadian Vetcraft Remembrance Poppy. NEWFOUNDLAND was a Dominion of the British Empire and not part of Canada at the time. Although Newfoundland and Canada were intrinsically linked by their geographical positions, Newfoundland did not become part of Canada until 1949. How it came to adopt Madame Anna Guérin’s ‘Inter-Allied Poppy ...