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
Some of the families of those killed in the Enniskillen Poppy Day bomb want the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to intervene in a row over a memorial.
From BBC • May 8, 2018
He said he had been "looking forward to a private meeting with the Queen and the duke on this the 25th anniversary of the Poppy Day bomb".
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2012
Poppy Day – Siouxsie and the Banshees A war poem/dispatch from the underworld.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2010
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