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http://www.poppy.org.uk/  and http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/ - Two websites for you to check out…

British Legion

The 2009 Poppy Appeal has today been launched. You may see that people on television are often the first ones to be seen wearing poppies, often before you see them on people in the street.

I think it is important for as many people as possible to support the Poppy Appeal. Not just to remember those who have passed away in conflicts of years gone by, but visually supporting those who are still overseas in conflicts or suffering from injuries inflicted by war.

The poppy is a very special symbol, taken from the fields of Flanders where the red flower flourished after the fields were formerly trenches and battlefields. The blood ref petals symbolic of the blood shed for the good of others.

Wednesday 11th November is Remembrence Day, and Sunday 8th November is Remembrance Sunday where church services will celebrate and commemorate the fallen and the saved.