Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 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 ...
The official symbol of celebration of both Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II 1939 – 1945 and the Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for the Fallen is the red poppy (remembrance poppy) flower, which is the common symbol of the memorable days of Second World War all over the world (more recognizable in the British ...
Remembrance & White Poppies | Peace Pledge Union – official homepage of the PPU's White Poppy project; White poppy wreath-laying at Canada's War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, on Nov. 11, 2008; A motion on White poppies before the Scottish Parliament (S2M-1865 Mark Ballard: White Poppies for Peace, Monday 25 October 2004)
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.
Poppies (film) - Children's BBC remembrance animation "Poppies", a song by Patti Smith Group from their 1976 album Radio Ethiopia "Poppies", the first track on the debut album by Marcy Playground. Remembrance poppy, commemorates soldiers who have died in war; mainly used in current and former Commonwealth states.
It is also used in Germany to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the world wars in a similar manner to the use of remembrance poppies in the UK. [citation needed] The flower is also the symbol for the Armenian genocide's 100th anniversary. The design of the flower is a black dot symbolising the past, and the suffering of Armenian people.