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    Remembrance Day: Why Do We Wear Poppies?

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    November marks Remembrance Day, when people wear red poppies to honor those who died in wars. The end of World War I is commemorated on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the date of the 1918 Armistice signing. During World War I, poppies came to symbolize remembrance as they were some of the only plants that grew on the devastated battlefields of Flanders, Belgium, bringing color and hope. A poem titled "In Flanders Fields" written by a Canadian doctor after seeing a field of poppies further cemented the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.

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    November marks Remembrance Day, when people wear red poppies to honor those who died in wars. The end of World War I is commemorated on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the date of the 1918 Armistice signing. During World War I, poppies came to symbolize remembrance as they were some of the only plants that grew on the devastated battlefields of Flanders, Belgium, bringing color and hope. A poem titled "In Flanders Fields" written by a Canadian doctor after seeing a field of poppies further cemented the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.

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    November marks Remembrance Day, when people wear red poppies to honor those who died in wars. The end of World War I is commemorated on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the date of the 1918 Armistice signing. During World War I, poppies came to symbolize remembrance as they were some of the only plants that grew on the devastated battlefields of Flanders, Belgium, bringing color and hope. A poem titled "In Flanders Fields" written by a Canadian doctor after seeing a field of poppies further cemented the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.

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    Remembrance Day: Why Do We Wear Poppies?

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    November marks Remembrance Day, when people wear red poppies to honor those who died in wars. The end of World War I is commemorated on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the date of the 1918 Armistice signing. During World War I, poppies came to symbolize remembrance as they were some of the only plants that grew on the devastated battlefields of Flanders, Belgium, bringing color and hope. A poem titled "In Flanders Fields" written by a Canadian doctor after seeing a field of poppies further cemented the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.

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    Remembrance Day

    Why do we wear Poppies?

    November is the time of year when


    we wear a red poppy in memory of
    those who sacrificed their lives for
    us during wars.

    Why November?

    The eleventh hour of the eleventh


    day of the eleventh month marks
    the signing of the Armistice, on
    11th November 1918, to signal the
    end of World War One.

    Why did Poppies become a


    symbol of Remembrance?

    During the 1st World War, Flanders in Belgium saw some


    of the worst fighting and devastation. Everything was
    destroyed. All homes, trees, plants and life simply
    disappeared.

    The only thing to remind the soldiers of LIFE was the


    flowering poppy. Its seeds like to grow in bad soil. The
    beautiful red flowers brought hope and colour to those still
    fighting.

    A Canadian Doctor called


    JOHN McCRAE was so moved
    by the sight of thousands of
    poppies growing in the battle
    field he wrote a poem..
    In Flanders Fields.

    Johns poem was so popular the poppy


    became a symbol to remember those
    who died in battle.

    Londons Cenotaph

    Wear your poppy on 11th November

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