Ancient Greeks associated poppies with abundance and fertility; in Ancient Egyptian art, the poppy flower ... the publication of the poem “In Flanders Field” written by Lt.

In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart. Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants ...

Commemorative poppies were a direct response to a poem - In Flanders Fields - published in the Christmas ... military fatality during the war. The art installation, by Paul Cummins, with setting ...

Tracey Largue After the war, the poppy became the symbol of Remembrance for those who gave their lives. It was inspired by the famous poem, In Flanders Fields, which was written during World War ...

Across the UK, poppies are worn each year to mark Remembrance ... Colonel John McCrae wrote his famous war poem, In Flanders Fields, following the devastation he witnessed on battlefields in ...

Poppies are said to be the flower that sprung up out of the freshly-dug graves of the dead soldiers in Flanders Fields in ...