It's a poppy for Remembrance Day to honor veterans, the same as our Veterans Day.
Have you never bought a small paper poppy for your lapel or shirt from the American Legion?
Poppies are everywhere growing wild in the fields of Britain and Europe. A famous poem, "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae about WWI.
What does the red flower on the lapel symbolize? I’ve seen royals wear the same flower?
Originally it was to honor the veterans that fought in WWI.
It's a memorial or Flanders poppy. This started after WWI. "In Flanders' fields the poppies blow/Between the crosses, row on row."
It's a poppy for Remembrance Day to honor veterans, the same as our Veterans Day. Have you never bought a small paper poppy for your lapel or shirt from the American Legion?
Poppies are everywhere growing wild in the fields of Britain and Europe. A famous poem, "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae about WWI.