THE POPPY
Added on: 11th Nov 2014
THE RED FIELD POPPY
CAME TO BE KNOWN AS AN INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED SYMBOL OF REMEMBRANCE.
FROM ITS ASSOCIATION WITH POPPIES FLOWERING
IN THE SPRING OF 1915 ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BELGIUM,
FRANCE AND GALLIPOLI THIS VIVID RED FLOWER HAS BECOME
SYNONYMOUS WITH GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN WAR.
YET THE SCOPE OF THE POPPY AND ITS CONNECTION
WITH THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN WAR
HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO HELP THE LIVING TOO.
IT WAS THE INSPIRATION AND DEDICATION OF TWO WOMEN
WHO PROMOTED THIS SAME “MEMORIAL FLOWER”
AS THE MEANS BY WHICH FUNDS COULD BE RAISED TO
SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED OF HELP, MOST ESPECIALLY
SERVICEMEN AND CIVILIANS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL HARDSHIP AS A RESULT OF WAR.
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