With heavy shelling of vast areas of European land during the First World War, the ground was cratered and disturbed, ideal for Poppies to get a 'foothold'. So, when all went finally went quiet in 1918, millions of bright red Poppies bloomed among the carnage, forever sealing it's fate as the emblem of remembrance. Poppies are a symbol of love and martyrdom in other parts of the world too.
Lest we forget
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My son is in the Air Force and these days they're seeing fields full of opium poppies, unfortunately.
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