The Poppy Story The Poppy is the symbol

The Poppy Story

The Poppy is the symbol of the First World War, because this delicate flower is picked and immediately dies, It represents the life of the soldiers who went to war and thanks to the poetry in “Flanders Field” everyone begins to see the red poppy as the main symbol of World War One. This flower comes in different forms in different places around the world, but the original is the 4 -petaled poppy from Scotland.

WWI One of the longest and bloodiest battles of the First World War took place in the city of Ypres, near Flanders, in Belgium. While a young Canadian soldier named John Mc. Crae was serving in Flanders, he saw how amazing it was that the war-torn landscape, was covered with red poppies. Inspired by these flowers he wrote a poem dedicated to his companion who died in battle. It was called "In Flanders Fields" and became famous worldwide.

The Poem This is the poem that John Mc. Crae wrote for his dead friend

«Remembrance Day» World War I ended at 11 in the morning, on November 11, 1918. This was the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month. The war lasted for more than four years and November 11 each year is called the "Remembrance Day" or "Armistice Day". After the war ended, people began producing paper poppies to sell to raise funds and help millions of sailors, soldiers and airmen who were about to return home from the war. During the day of remembrance, at 11 am people are silent for two minutes, to remember all the veterans who lost their lives for they country, and not just in the First World War.

Factories To make all these poppies, (which were different for each place on earth) factories were built by "Lady Haig" the wife of the British Army Commander. The first flowers were all made by hand, then later they were built in factories with machines. More than 5 million red poppies have been made, including: pins, flowers with stems and other decorations. These were distributed throughout the city: in schools, hospitals, shops, workshops and churches and were sold by volunteers who helped the foundation sell all these poppies. Eventually they took all the money and then gave it to former war soldiers.

All this, from a tiny poppy