Must read Tweet on why Brits wear poppies (the story behind it all --- trust me its fascinating!)

 

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND READ THE ENTIRE TWITTER THREAD (if you're not familiar with the story - I wasn't!)

🌺 The reason we wear a poppy;

🧵 1/11. On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why. pic.twitter.com/1bWXOdHBKk

— Irish Ranger (Sevvy) (@VeteranIrish) November 8, 2022