The poppy flower ... the emergence of red poppies around the graves and in the battle zones where blood was shed to protect freedom and democracy," according to the American Legion.

Three years later, McCrae died of pneumonia, but his poem pops up–just as do red poppies–year after year. What Black-Eyed Susans have to do with dinosaurs The American Legion adopted the poppy ...

Fiona Stafford, Professor of Literature, reflects on the wild, red poppy and WW1 ... and poignant uses of poppy symbolism occurs every year at the Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance ...