They still do flourish: that poem became a sensation and the poppy became a symbol of remembrance. From the end of October, poppies—sold by the Royal British Legion ( rbl) to raise money for veterans ...
STUDENTS from The Skipton Academy have recently returned from Belgium and France where they visited several battlefields and memorials of the First World War.
The red poppy is instantly recognisable as the emblem for Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday commemorations. As the inspiration behind John McCrae's moving poem 'In Flanders Fields,' the flower ...