The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive ... realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent ...

The poem was published in Punch magazine later ... Americans owe the tradition of wearing a red poppy on Memorial Day to Moina Michael. She was a professor at the University of Georgia who was ...

In the poem, McCrae described how "the poppies ... Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States." To this day, the poppy is worn in remembrance and used to raise funds for numerous veterans ...

Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day ... John McCrae, a famous wartime poem, referenced poppies in his famous poem 'In Flanders Fields'. "We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in ...

Inspired by the poppy display at the Tower of London in 2014, people in Cockshutt created the installation for St Simon and St Jude's Church to celebrate Remembrance Day. The tower is about 60ft ...