The Royal British Legion supports the Armed Forces community. Explore how charities raise funds, give practical help, and campaign for fair treatment of service people and families.
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Find more information at the Royal British Legion website. Thanks to Helen Hill, The Royal British Legion Learning Team.
Founded in 1921, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1971 to mark its fiftieth anniversary
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The use of the poppy was inspired by the World War I poem 'In Flanders' Fields'
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Its opening lines refer to the many poppies that were the first flowers to grow in the churned-up earth of the muddy trenches in Flanders
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The factory distributes these to locations all around the world
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Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the official end of World War I on that date in 1918
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