In United Kingdom we remember Armistice Day on 11th November - from the signing of the Armistice in World War 1. Poppies represent the poppy fields of Flanders and those lost in France during the Great War. However in more recent times, poppies have come to represent all fallen soldiers from both World Wars and from subsequent wars and we have Remembrance Sunday - a bit like Memorial Day in the USA, where wreaths of poppies are placed at cenotaphs all over the country and there is a two minute silence at 11am. This display is in honor of these soldiers.
