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PeteHall
November 11th, 2014, 03:08 PM
At just before 11am today, the 11th day of the 11th month, the last of 88,246 ceramic poppies, representing the British and colonial dead of WW1, was planted in the moat of the Tower of London

http://thumbnails109.imagebam.com/35877/a35f89358764086.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/a35f89358764086)
I took this early September when it was really starting to attract the crowds

davidh
November 26th, 2014, 08:01 PM
To commemorate the centennial of Britain’s involvement in the First World War, ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper conceived of a staggering installation of ceramic poppies planted in the famous dry moat around the Tower of London. Titled “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red,” the final work will consist of 888,246 red ceramic flowers—each representing a British or Colonial military fatality—that flow through grounds around the tower.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/07/tower-of-london-poppies/

PeteHall
November 30th, 2014, 06:01 PM
Yes, I just noticed I missed off an 8 from that total (888,246 still sounds low to me and I've seen figures of 1.2m, but that probably includes those dying later of injuries received)

They removed the last of the poppies just a few days ago... from around Traitor's Gate!

One of the beefeaters was recently asked what the most asked question was... https://twitter.com/BillyBeefeater/status/539177059445391360

davidh
December 1st, 2014, 10:07 AM
IIRC, I think I remember buying and/or wearing artificial poppies on Veteran's Day (Armistice Day) at public middle school and or high school in USA when I was a kid in the '50's. Don't know if they do that often anymore.