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. During the First World War, red poppies were among the first plants to spring up in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium. The Poppy Lady When America entered World War I, Moina Michael volunteered to be a canteen worker for the YMCA and help the soldiers overseas. 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 thanks to this poem that Moina Michael was inspired to create a campaign to make the red poppy a symbol of remembrance and welfare for veterans, raising money for their care at the same time. This is the story of how the red field poppy came to be known as an internationally recognized symbol of Remembrance.įrom 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.
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. Le Ann Dunne - Your Home Teamįield poppies growing near Connaught British Military cemetery on the old Western Front battlefields. It was adopted as a symbol of remembrance in the wake of a poem entitled ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Canadian soldier John McCrae, which concludes with a demand that the dead be remembered by those at home: If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. This is the story of how the red field poppy came to be known as an internationally recognized symbol of Remembrance. The Story Behind the Remembrance Poppy Field.
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