Why do people wear poppies to remember WWI on Veterans Day? Here's a brief history of the war, and the significance of the iconic red flower. | The News & Observer
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Why do people wear poppies to remember WWI on Veterans Day? Here's a brief history of the war, and the significance of the iconic red flower. | The News & Observer
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The poppy’s association with remembrance began during the First World War, when the brutal trench battles of Belgium and northern France tore through the land. In the aftermath, red poppies unexpectedly bloomed across the churned earth and soldiers’ graves — vivid bursts of life amid devastation. This haunting sight moved Canadian poet John McCrae to write “In Flanders Fields” in 1915, immortalizing the flower as a symbol of both loss and resilience. His poem spread across nations, and the poppy
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Today is Remembrance Day.⁠ ⁠ Do you know how the poppy became the symbol of Remembrance?⁠ ⁠ After the WW1, the battlefield was a field of mud and barren where nothing could grow. However bright red Flanders poppies grew in their thousands, flourishing even in the middle of chaos and destruction🌹🌹🌹🌹⁠ ⁠ The sight of poppies inspired Lt Col John McCrae to write the famous poem called "In Flanders Fields":⁠ ⁠ 𝘐𝘯 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴' 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸⁠ 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩
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