Here is more on the origin of the poppy ... and why they continue to be a symbol of Remembrance in the UK. In 1915, Canadian doctor Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote his famous war poem ...

It all began with Walther Nernst, a German chemist. He was born in 1864 in Poland, which was part of Prussia at the time. Nernst was a smart boy, mechanically minded – the type who always ...

There are so many lovely wildflowers that pop up across this beautiful country, so why the red ... her own response poem called “We Shall Keep Faith,” she vowed to wear a poppy as a symbol.

The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the ...