The poppy flower has long been associated with veterans ... "who saw firsthand from the front lines of World War I the emergence of red poppies around the graves and in the battle zones where ...

But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol ... the early 19th Century transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen ...

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