Remembrance Day Red Poppy T-Shirt

Why is the poppy a symbol of remembrance? In the spring of 1915, shortly after losing a friend in Ypres, a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was inspired by the sight of poppies growing in battle-scarred fields to write a now famous poem called 'In Flanders Fields'. After the First World War, the poppy was adopted as a symbol of Remembrance. What is the poppy for?The remembrance poppy is an artificial flower that has been used since 1921 to commemorate military personnel who have died in war, and represents a common or field poppy, Papaver rhoeas. Why do we hold a 2 minute silence? Two minute silence. At 11am on each Remembrance Sunday a two minute silence is observed at war memorials and other public spaces across the UK. It came to symbolise the end of the war and provide an opportunity to remember those who had died. Lest We Forget? We Won't Forget!