Why are Top/5th Gear Presenters wearing a flower?

Originally Posted by Mers Originally Posted by AL123 They are poppies a symbol of rememberance. The day(Armistice Day 11th of Nov) was originally established to remember those killed and those who gave so much for our freedom in the First World War. The reason they are poppies is the poem In Flanders' Fields by John McCrae. Each year people donate to the appeal to help ex service men and their family, wearing a poppy to show thier respect/ support for all the help the Royal British Legion provides. Although now there are less and less survivors of the First and Second World Wars the appeal is now beginning to focus on helping those who have suffered as a result of more recent conflicts. We still have 2 minutes silence at 11am on the 11th off november aswell as rememberance sunday held on the nearest sunday to the 11th Sorry, just to add to that: The armistice day is 11 of november because it was the day of WW1 ceasefire...

I took it that everyone knew that, unless they have lived under a rock all their life. And well missed out the bit about other conflicts, but then i was mainly explaining the origins of the Poppy Appeal l