as we try to replicate Flanders Field in the front of our garden. "That then leads on to Remembrance and Armistice assemblies." Mr Bell said the poppies were "designed so children understand".

In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart. Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants ...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly According to History.com, Americans owe the tradition ...