Today is the day we reflect and remember our military personnel who gave their all for our freedom. The red poppy came to symbolize our war veterans in 1921.  It is a wildflower poppy.  During World war one, the fields of Flanders in western Belgium saw 4 years of unrelenting battle. After the war, these poppies came back in a most spectacular display. Learn more about the "corn poppy" aka the American Legion poppy.