Jane, is there a quote from your poem 'Poppies' that you'd like to talk about? JANE: "I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial, leaned against it like a wishbone." I think that's a way of ...

The flower became widely used starting in World War I thanks to a 1915 ... and began a poppy distribution program in 1924. Just before Memorial Day in 1922, the VFW held its first poppy ...

Jane, is there a quote from your poem 'Poppies' that you'd like to talk about? JANE: "I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial, leaned against it like a wishbone." I think that's a way of ...

It cites the poppies growing on the graves of fallen first world war comrades in Belgium and northeastern France. Given the scale of the casualties, people “felt an overwhelming desire to ...

The Tower of London will be flooded with tens of thousands of blood-red poppies later this year, marking 80 years since the ...

May is Poppy Month. Wear a poppy to show support for our fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of our veterans during our National Poppy Day distribution event taking place ...

After the war ended, Michael began making fabric ... the anniversary of the 1918 armistice (Remembrance Day). Are poppies for Memorial Day or Veterans Day? In the United States, poppies are ...

He left a widow and four children including young Fred, then aged just six. Fred hated war as much as anybody but his red poppy was the only memorial to his dad he ever had. No wonder he wore it with ...

The animals at Cotswold Wildlife Park wore purple poppies to mark International War Animal Day. The park began the tradition last year, honouring the roles animals have played in conflicts. The ...

The Poppy of Honour, which contains 1,117,635 individual remembrance poppies, will be permanently housed at Maidenbrook Country Park and ...