And it’s not meant to be thrown away after Remembrance Day the way the Canadian Legion poppy is. Which is to say that the Royal British Legion pin isn’t such an environmental disaster.

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive ... memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders ...

Remembrance Day – also known as Armistice Day – takes ... as many of the battlefields in WW1 had poppies growing in them. Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote a now famous ...

[metro-zone-post-thumbnail-link] This year, Remembrance Sunday will be held on November 10 while Armistice Day, November 11, ...