Organizers say the small, red artificial flowers represent the blood that was shed in our nation’s wars. The history of the buddy poppy distribution goes back to World War II. “The donations ...

Fiona Stafford, Professor of Literature, reflects on the wild, red poppy and WW1. 1. Poppies grow easily in poor soil and disturbed land. 2. As the battlefields were churned up, poppies grew back ...