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It's Veteran's Day in the US, as well. Do you know where the significance of poppies came from?

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.
— Lt.-Col. John McCrae


Poppies became a symbol of remembrance because there was an abundance of them in the Flanders Field where soldiers where buried.

In Canada, poppies are significant because they grew on the battlefields in France. There is a very special poem about them.
In Flanders Fields
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/vimy/vimy1a
They are sold every year here to raise funds for vetrans

Uh, Hollie? Check the post above you.

A little more poppy decor inspiration: http://stylenorth.ca/blog/2008/11/lest-we-forget-poppies-at-grange/

Lest we forget...

Uh Griffin's? check the time on both posts

I am in love with that wallpaper