We don't typically wear poppies on Veterans Day, since that time is set aside to honor all living veterans. Instead, we don a red poppy on Memorial Day to honor the men and women who have died fighting for our
Image Credit:Bryan Busovicki/iStock/Getty Images In the poem, McCrae wrote of the imagery of the bright red poppies, which had bloomed over the rows and rows of white crosses. His poem became a rallying cry for soldiers in WWI. Two Women Veterans day poppies. Image Credit:MillefloreImages...
What does the red poppy signify on Memorial Day? The red poppy was a flower that would grow on the war-torn battlefields in Europe during World War 1. This amazing fact did not go unnoticed. TheVeterans of Foreign Wars(VFW) set a mission to construct paper and silk poppies for people t...