In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart. Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants ...

In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae was a famous wartime poem. It says, "We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Fields". Many battles took place there. Soldiers got hurt and sometimes ...

In Flanders Field is an iconic poem, synonymous with Remembrance Day. The popularity of this poem is also part of the reason that the poppy became the Flower of Remembrance for the war-time ...

Tracey Largue After the war, the poppy became the symbol of Remembrance for those who gave their lives. It was inspired by the famous poem, In Flanders Fields, which was written during World War ...

Across the UK, poppies are worn each year to mark Remembrance ... Colonel John McCrae wrote his famous war poem, In Flanders Fields, following the devastation he witnessed on battlefields in ...

Inspired by grief, McCrae began the first draft of ‘In Flanders Fields’. Three years afterwards, the poem had such an impact, people started honoring soldiers by wearing poppies on their lapels.

We are talking about the corn poppy, (Papaver rhoeas) also known as the corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy, red poppy, red weed, coquelicot, and even, due to the strange effect of its curious ...