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Thursday 30 July 2015

Red poppy

Red poppy

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Red poppy is a symbol of remembrance of the people  who died  during the wars. John Mccra  Who had the Idea for using the red poppy as a remembrance of the soldiers. He was inspired  by the red poppies . So he wrote the poem  of the red flower .

A lady name Moina Michael was the first new zealander to make the poppy as a memorial  symbol.

Also used since 1921 . NZ  had there first poppy day on ANZAC day in 1922 .

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