POPPIES

Poppies are a symbol of respect and remembrance of those who died in World War I. This poppy flower meaning came about because the field poppy, hardy yet delicate, was a common part of the landscape on the Western Front during the Great War.

After being heavily bombed and scarred, the land did not lend itself to growing much. In his famous poem, “In Flanders Fields,” Canadian-born John McCrae wrote about this pretty red flower that grew over the graves of those who had given the ultimate sacrifice and that beautified the devastated countryside.