because the soldiers died in the flanders fields which where the poppies were grown
Poppies grew.
because they were the flowers that grew on the battlefields after world war one. =]
Red poppies began growing on the bomb blasted battlefields in the First World War. They were adopted as a symbol for the wasted lives and futility of war. Since then, poppies are sold by charities to help armed forces veterans who have and still are suffering from conflicts any where in the world up to the present day.
It is worn because the poppies grew in the battlefields and flanders fields during world war 1
Poppies grew.
Poppies were the only plants that grew in the ravaged fields of World War I. John McCrae wrote a poem "In Flanders Field" after being inspired by the poppies growing in the battlefield, and when the poem was published, poppies became associated with remembering the soldiers who gave their lives.
Because they used to plant poppies around the crosses of the dead soldiers. As it says in flanders fields: Red poppies grew in the bomb blasted earth on the WW1 battlefields in such profusion that the red poppy was adopted to honour the dead.
People wear poppies to remember those who sacrificed their lives for our country. Poppies are also worn because they were the only plant that blossomed throughout some of the worst battlefields. We have a two minute silence at eleven on November 11 because that was the time World War 1 ended. :)
People started to wear poppies when the war first started in 1912, the first world war, in memory of people who passed away in the war.
poppies symbolizes peace and war.
growing poppies could be a criminal offense, ask homeland security.