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On November 11, especially, but also throughout the year, we have the opportunity to remember the efforts of all soldiers and war veterans who fought to keep our countries free from Dictatorship. In remembering, we pay homage to those who respond to their country's needs. On November 11, we pause for two minutes of silent tribute, and we attend commemorative ceremonies in memory of our war dead.
Following the First World War a French woman, Madame E. Guérin, suggested to British Field-Marshall Earl Haig that women and children in devastated areas of France produce material handmade poppies for sale to support wounded Veterans. The first of these poppies were distributed in Canada in November of 1921, and the tradition has continued ever since, both here and in many parts of the world.
Poppy day, also known as remembrance day is a day set aside to formally remember armed forces personnel killed in the service of their country.
The day was originally intended to remember the soldiers killed in World War 1 but has since been extended to cover those killed in all service to their country.
The reason the poppy has become the symbol of remembrance is that during some of the worst fighting in World War 1, in Flanders in Belgium (particularly the 3 battles of Ypres where there were hundreds of thousands of casualties) where the earth had been blasted and churned into mud, poppies were the first plants to grow back and formed a carpet of red blooms.
This was immortalised in the poem "In Flanders Fields" by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae a Canadian surgeon who treated injured soldiers during the second battle of Ypres:
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below..."
As soldiers are still being killed in service to their countries, Remembrance day is still as important as it was when first begun in 1919.
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Is it disrespectful to wear 2 poppies?
One doubts that it is. Had you watched the Remebrance Day Parade from the Cenotaph in London you would have seen the Queen wearing five poppies and the Duchess of Cambridge wearing two.
Why do you were poppies on rembrances day?
we wear poppies on remembrance day to show our respect for the people who died in the wars.
What flower do people wear on rememberance day?
Poppies
What other days do you wear poppies on?
On Remembreance Day
Do Buddhists wear poppies?
In the UK some Buddhists do wear poppies.
When do you wear poppies?
In the days leading up to and on Remembrance Day, the 11th of November.
Does England celebrate remebrance day?
yes
What is the used for poppies?
Poppies are a wild flower, we wear them because in the war, there were poppies on the battleground.
Why do people wear poppies at Remembrance Sunday?
People wear poppies for Remembrance Day because of a poem written by John McCrae (a Canadian military doctor in World War One) called "In Flanders Fields." Poppies bloom throughout Flanders, where some of the worst fighting of the war occurred--and the poppies grow all through the torn-up fields and in the cemetaries--and so they became a symbol of Remembrance Day.
What is a poppy used for?
In the runup to Rembrance Day, 11th November, we wear poppies to represent the fact that after World War One, the only thing that grew in the war fields was poppies.
Are Muslims allowed to wear poppies?
Muslims are forbidden to eat the intoxicants extracted from poppies or similar plants. I don't how they may wear it. Anyhow it is recommended not to deal with poppies in any form.
Why did the Harry Potter Cast wear poppies to the premire of Deathly Hollows part 1?
To commemorate Remembrance day
