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i thought the poppy was worn on Rememberance day, ( the 11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 month) but i am unsure what it has to do with SAnzac day and / or rememberance day!? were did it originate from!? thanks kayteeWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: We've always worn a sprig of rosemary, for remembrance, on Anzac Day!. It's only in recent years that the red poppies have been worn on any day other than Remembrance Day, here in Australia!. (Any time you require information on Australia during wartime try our very own Australian War Memorial site!. It's full of useful facts about Australia and Australians at war!.) This is from the Australian War Memorial site!. For more information go to the site!. http://www!.awm!.gov!.au/commemoration/cust!.!.!. Commemoration Rosemary Rosemary is an ancient symbol of remembrance!. Since ancient times this aromatic herb has been believed to have properties to improve the memory!. Possibly because of these properties, rosemary became an emblem of both fidelity and remembrance in ancient literature and folklore!. Traditionally, sprigs of rosemary are worn on ANZAC Day and sometimes Remembrance Day, and are usually handed out by Legacy and the RSL!. This is from the Australian War Memorial site!. For more information go to the site!. http://www!.awm!.gov!.au/commemoration/cust!.!.!. Red poppies The Flanders poppy has been a part of Armistice or Remembrance Day ritual since the early 1920s and is also increasingly being used as part of ANZAC Day observances!. During the First World War, red poppies were seen to be among the first living plants that sprouted from the devastation of the battlefields of northern France and Belgium!. Soldiers' folklore had it that the poppies were vivid red from having been nurtured in ground drenched with the blood of their comrades!. Origin of wearing a red poppy - Moina Michael read McCrae's poem and was so moved by it that she wrote a reply and decided to wear a red poppy as a way of keeping faith, as McCrae urged in his poem!. Michael worked for the American YMCA and at a meeting of YMCA secretaries from other countries, held in November 1918, she discussed the poem and her poppies!. Madame Guerin, the French YMCA secretary, was similarly inspired and approached organisations throughout the allied nations to sell poppies to raise money for widows, orphans, and needy veterans and their families!. The poppy soon became widely accepted throughout the allied nations as the flower of remembrance to be worn on Armistice Day!. The Australian Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League (the forerunner to the RSL) first sold poppies for Armistice Day in 1921!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Anzac Day is the usual day for remembering Australian war dead!. In Oz, Remembrance Day is still an official memorial day but its much more low key, and the poppy is associated with 11/11!. The poppy is worn in European to remember their war dead!. The US commemorate Veteran's Day in May!. Anzac Day's flower / sprig is rosemary, because in Turkey the soldiers wore spprigs of rosemary (commonly found growing in the dry gulches and gullies of Gallipoli) to ward of the stench of the corpses!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Anzac Day commemorates the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who foughtat the Battle of Gallipoli in WWI!. Poppies have become the symbol of remembrance for all who served in the military in WWI throughout the world!. The poppy became popular from the famous English poem, "In Flanders Fields" 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 Scarce heard amid the guns belowWww@QuestionHome@Com Same thing it has to do here in the US with our Memorial Day!. I expect it probably originated with the John McCrae poem "In Flanders Field:" "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 Scarce heard amid the guns below!. We are the dead!. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields!. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high!. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields!." Seems likely that the poppies are sold today to remember the men who died in wars overseas, though originally they were probably more meant to remember the men who lost their lives in WWI!. ANZAC Day as I understand it from the web, is to remember those Australian and New Zelanders who fought at Gallipoli so the poppies sold for ANZAC Day would be to remember those men who lost their lives at Gallipoli!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Kate !.!.!. I saw your edit where you have written that it's your homework and you need help !.!.!.!.!. but questions about the ANZACS kinda gripe at me because those young people went through hell and we have today;s kids ( who are only a little bit younger than the soldiers were) not even being bothered to learn about them themselves usually because they are too busy playing games or chatting or looking at MYSPACE or facebook or someother self indulgent thing!.!.!.!. I will provide you with a couple of links !.!.!. PLEASE SAVE THEM FOR FUTURE REFERENCE !.!.!. they will help you with your homework in far greater ways than what Yahoo Answers ( and those that provide your answers) !.!.!. http://www!.awm!.gov!.au/ http://ahoy!.tk-jk!.net/ http://anzac!.homestead!.com/ http://www!.firstworldwar!.com/onthisday/1!.!.!. http://www!.anzacs!.org/ sorry if I come across as rude !.!. if you save these links !.!. I hope you will realise I am REALLY trying to help you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |