Because they used to plant poppies around the crosses of the dead soldiers.
As it says in flanders fields:
Red poppies grew in the bomb blasted earth on the WW1 battlefields in such profusion that the red poppy was adopted to honour the dead.
In the UK some Buddhists do wear poppies.
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Poppies are a symbol of WW I because there is a famous cemetery for soldiers who died in the war, called Flanders Field, in which poppies grow. There is also a famous poem about this.
People wear poppies for Remembrance Day because of a poem written by John McCrae (a Canadian military doctor in World War One) called "In Flanders Fields." Poppies bloom throughout Flanders, where some of the worst fighting of the war occurred--and the poppies grow all through the torn-up fields and in the cemetaries--and so they became a symbol of Remembrance Day.
"Poppies" by Jane Weir was written in 2005. The poem is a reflection on remembrance and loss, inspired by the symbol of the poppy.
In Ireland, the wearing of poppies is a more sensitive issue compared to other parts of the UK. While some individuals, particularly in Northern Ireland, do wear poppies to commemorate soldiers who died in World War I and II, many in the Republic of Ireland may avoid wearing them due to the symbol's association with British military history and its complex implications related to the Troubles. Instead, some people in Ireland may choose to wear a white poppy as a symbol of peace and remembrance for all victims of war.
Muslims are forbidden to eat the intoxicants extracted from poppies or similar plants. I don't how they may wear it. Anyhow it is recommended not to deal with poppies in any form.
You Wear Poppies in memory of the soldiers who died on Flanders Field. Because They were the only flowers growing when WW1 was happening. ^_^
we wear poppies on remembrance day to show our respect for the people who died in the wars.
I heard it was disrespectful to wear poppies after Nov. 11