Anyways I'd give you a brief history but my mind is blurred, and high school history wasn't that great anyways, so bleh gonk
I think it ended nov. 11 1918 at 11 am which is why we take a moment of silence to commomerate the men who've paid for our freedom with their lives. (I slept in the moment of silence gonk oops)
Don't forget to wear your poppy!
And for your entertainment (for those who actually hold an interest in my life XD) a brief history I googled about why we wear a poppy. (It's not only the poem)
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Why the Poppy?
A writer first made the connection between the poppy and battlefield deaths during the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, remarking that fields that were barren before battle exploded with the blood-red flowers after the fighting ended.
During the tremendous bombardments of the First World War the chalk soils became rich in lime from rubble, allowing 'popaver rhoeas' to thrive. When the war ended the lime was quickly absorbed, and the poppy began to disappear again.
After John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields was published in 1915 the poppy became a popular symbol for soldiers who died in battle.
Three years later an American, Moina Michael, was working in a New York City YMCA canteen when she started wearing a poppy in memory of the millions who died on the battlefield.
During a 1920 visit to the United States a French woman, Madame Guerin, learned of the custom. On her return to France she decided to use handmade poppies to raise money for the destitute children in war-torn areas of the country. In November, 1921, the first poppies were distributed in Canada.
Thanks to the millions of Canadians who wear flowers each November, the little red plant has never died. And neither have Canadian's memories for 116,031 of their countrymen who died in battle.
I hear the growth of poppies is illegal in Canada because the seeds are a vital ingredient for opium drugs. Maybe now they sell some who are seedless though?
