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In New Zealand, remembrance poppies don’t have green leaves, however in England they do (hence the veteran’s comments on the intentional positioning at 11 o’clock, if that had you puzzled).
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I thought I’d check out from a range of sources the background of, and stance from others in the know, regarding our Anzac poppy and how to wear it respectfully. The veteran’s advice has reportedly been shared more than 500,000 times and counting.
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He was worried that younger generations wouldn’t understand this and his generation wouldn’t be around for much longer to teach them. The leaf should be positioned at 11 o’clock to represent the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the time that World War One formally ended. My line of inquiry began when I came across this Facebook post a few days ago, originating from a Daily Mail (UK) article:Ī lovely military man selling poppies stopped me today and asked if he could reposition mine – while doing so he told me that women should wear their poppy on their right side the red represents the blood of all those who gave their lives, the black represents the mourning of those who didn’t have their loved ones return home, and the green leaf represents the grass and crops growing and future prosperity after the war destroyed so much.
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Poppy etiquette are debated near and far.