Poppy Day
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"I think Matt has done very, very well, but he should have been here laying a wreath on Poppy Day," he says.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2022
In 2017, Congress approved legislation officially marking the Friday before Memorial Day as National Poppy Day.
From Washington Times • May 26, 2019
The voices of celebrities including Stephen Fry, Barbara Windsor and Joanna Lumley will echo across trains and buses as part of London Poppy Day.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2014
Two years later he sang the Bee Gees hit I've Gotta Get A Message To You with a group of soldiers in support of the Poppy Day appeal.
From BBC • May 20, 2012
Poppy Day – Siouxsie and the Banshees A war poem/dispatch from the underworld.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2010
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