Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in former countries of the British Empire, and current Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who hav
The poppy is worn around the time of Poppy Day, traditionally from All Souls' Day (2 November) until Remembrance Day (11 November) or if later until Remembrance Sunday in the United Kingdom.
The Australian Minister of Defence, Stephen Smith, lays a wreath at the Eternal flame in Kings Park, Western Australia on Remembrance Day, 2011
Sydney Opera House shells were illuminated with poppies on Remembrance Day
An Armistice Day service at Brisbane City Hall, 1940
A remembrance poppy is an artificial flower worn in some countries to commemorate their military personnel who died in war. Remembrance poppies are produced by veterans' associations, which exchange t
Remembrance Day
…Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in former countries of the British Empire, and current Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to…
A Canadian remembrance poppy adorns a memorial with the words to "In Flanders Fields" at McCrae House.
US postage stamp commemorating Moina Michael as the creator of the remembrance poppy
A French-made remembrance poppy made for the British Legion from 1921. Anna Guérin organised the distribution of these poppies in 1921 to help popularise the "Inter-Allied Poppy Day".
Queen Camilla (then Duchess of Cornwall) wearing a Scottish poppy (top) and a Canadian poppy (bottom).