Vandaag is het in Groot-Brittanië Remembrance Day. Dan worden de gevallenen van de Eerste Wereldoorlog en alle gewapende conflicten sindsdien herdacht. Het symbool van deze herdenking is de 'poppy', de klaproos, en komt uit het gedicht 'In Flanders Fields' van John McCrae: 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