Over 100 years later, red poppies from both the VFW and the American Legion still are handed out on veteran recognition days such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day and National Poppy Day.

Where can I get a poppy? The RBL is the official seller of poppies for Remembrance Day and you can buy a paper poppy for £2, an enamel poppy for £3, or a clip-on poppy for £3.99.

Each November, the British royal family dons crimson poppies during their public engagements, a tradition rooted in the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. They're worn as a nod to ...

Why Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and Royal Family Members Are Wearing Poppies The red flower is closely tied to Remembrance Day in the U.K. — and even Veterans Day in the U.S.

The day is marked by wearing poppies. Fields of the flower grew from the rubble of World War I, when an estimated 9.7 million military personnel from two dozen countries were killed.

AN AMBITIOUS Remembrance Day memorial project needs your help to craft poppies for a "statement installation" in Basingstoke Old Basing WI is leading a campaign to produce a fitting tribute to all ...

Memorial Day began after the Civil War, in May 1868, when General John Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a day of remembrance which he dubbed ...

So begins the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian soldier and physician, after he witnessed the battle of Ypres, Belgium in 1915 during the World War I.

And, more marketably: “In Flanders fields the poppies blow…”. The poem was published in Punch in 1915; a poppy fundraising campaign followed. By the 1920s, millions of poppies were being sold.