Remembrance poppy

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The remembrance poppy is an artificial flower
worn in some countries to commemorate their
military personnel who died in war. Inspired by
the war poem "In Flanders Fields", and promoted
by Moina Michael, they were first used near the
end of World War I to commemorate British Empire
and United States military casualties of the war.
Madame Guérin established the first "Poppy Days"
to raise funds for veterans, widows, orphans,
liberty bonds, and charities such as the Red
Cross. Today, the remembrance poppy is mainly
used in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth
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The First World War was the first global
conflict, A war to end all wars. Over 30
countries joined the war between 1914-1918.
Fighting occurred not only in Europe on the
Western Front, but in south eastern and eastern
Europe, the Middle East and Africa. An estimated
37 million people, military and civilians, lost
their lives. The First World War Centenary
commemorations were a world-wide act of
remembrance to honour and remember those who lost
their lives in the Great War
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The Wave
To commemorate the centennial of Britains
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
Weeping Window
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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Weeping
Window
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The blood-red tide which flows from one of the
palaces windows and laps at its ancient stone
walls was made of hundreds of thousands of
individually handcrafted ceramic poppies. Titled
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, the work
consist of 888,246 red ceramic flowerseach
representing a British or Colonial military
fatalitythat flow through grounds around the
tower
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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Weeping
window
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Each of the 888,246 blooms in the artwork
represents a life lost in World War I one for
each of the British and Colonial soldiers killed
in the conflict that began 100 years ago. And as
Britain commemorates Armistice Day in the wars
centenary year, the final poppy of Blood Swept
Lands and Seas of Red, was planted shortly
before 11am on November 11, the time at which the
armistice was signed, ending the war in 1918
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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Weeping
window
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The clay models were handmade under artist Paul
Cummins and the setting was designed by Tom Piper
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The stunning installation covers 16 acres, which
is roughly equivalent to 250 tennis courts or 16
soccer fields
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Teams of volunteers worked day and night to
carefully assemble each flower. Ninety tons of
steel was used to create the stems of the
poppies, which varied in length from 1m to 50cm,
and the structures which made the red flowers
look like they were floating over the moat or
pouring out of one of the tower's windows
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Paul Cummins and Tom Pipers 888,246 ceramic
flowers which steadily filled the moat over
three months. The work was one of the most
powerful memorials of the centenary and was
visited by over 5 million people
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The original poppies were checked, cleaned and
packed before being shipped to their new owners
each has been sold, for 25 (about 40), raising
millions of pounds to benefit six armed forces
charities. The poppies that were purchased have
since travelled as far afield as the USA and
Australia, as well as being taken to war graves
in memory of relatives who lost their lives in
the First World War
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About 1,000 people a day spent two weeks removing
and packing the flowers
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About 8,000 people take part in the removal
process overall, many of whom were among the
19,000 who put the flowers in
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The Wave
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Wave is a sweeping arch of bright red poppy heads
suspended on towering stalks
The Wave over the bridge leading to the Byward
Tower, Tower of London
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The Wave and Weeping Window (the cascade of
poppies which spilt from a window of the castle),
toured to 19 locations around the UK until 2018.
They have been seen by over 4.6 million people
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The Wave The Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson 13
April - 24 June 2018
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The Royal Armouries is guardian of one of the
finest national collections of arms and armour in
the world, with its origins based within the
Tower of London
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Fort Nelson is part of a large ring of forts
built to defend the naval base of
Portsmouth. During the First World War it became
home to part of Herbert Kitcheners volunteer army
The Wave The Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
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The Wave at Lincoln Castle 28 May - 4 September
2016
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Poppies Wave at the Plymouth Naval Memorial
23 August - 19 November 2017
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Poppies Wave at the Plymouth Naval Memorial 23
August - 19 November 2017
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Poppies Waveat Barge pier, Shoeburyness,
Southend-on-sea 12 April - 25 June 2017
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Poppies Waveat Shoeburyness, Southend-on-sea
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Poppies Wave installed at Yorkshire Sculpture
Park in Wakefield from 5th September 2015 to
January 2016
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Poppies Wave installed at Yorkshire Sculpture
Park in Wakefield from 5th September 2015 to
January 2016
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The Weeping Window display at Middleport
pottery, Stoke-on-Trent 2 August 2018 - 16
September 2018
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The Weeping Window at Hereford Cathedral 14
March - 29 April 2018
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The Weeping Window at Hereford Cathedral
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The Weeping Window at Hereford Cathedral 14
March - 29 April 2018
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The Weeping Window at Hereford Cathedral
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The Weeping Window at Carlisle Castle 23 May -
8 July 2018
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Paul Cummins, Tom Piper and the Weeping Window
at Carlisle Castle
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The Weeping Window at the Senedd in Cardiff
Bay 8 August to 24 September 2017
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The Weeping Window at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay
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The Black Watch Museum, Perth Weeping
Window 30 June - 25 September 2016
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The Weeping Window poppy display at Caernarfon
Castle, Gwynedd 12 October - 20 November 2016
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The Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd (home to the Royal
Welch Fusiliers Museum)
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The Weeping Window poppy display at Caernarfon
Castle
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The Weeping Window poppy display at Derby Silk
Mill 9 June - 23 July 2017
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The Weeping Window display at St Magnus
Cathedral, Kirkwall 22 April - 12 June 2016
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1418 NOW was the UK's arts programme for the
First World War centenary. Working with arts and
heritage partners all across the UK, the
programme commissioned new artworks from 420
contemporary artists, musicians, filmmakers,
designers and performers, inspired by the period
19141918
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The display at the Imperial War Museum London of
the Weeping Window mark the end of the First
World War centenary 5 October - 18 November 2018
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The Weeping Window at the Imperial War Museum
London
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The Weeping Window at the Imperial War Museum
London
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1418 NOW toured the iconic poppy sculptures
Wave and Weeping Window by artist Paul Cummins
and designer Tom Piper, during the First World
War centenary between 2015 and 2018. The
sculptures visited 19 locations around the UK and
were seen by over 4.6 million people
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In last locations IWM London presents Weeping
Window while its sister institution, IWM North,
presents Wave. At the end of the tour they will
become part of the Imperial War Museums
collection
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Manchester Imperial War Museum Wave 8
September - 25 November 2018
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Manchester Imperial War Museum Wave, at the end
of the tour
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Following the success of Poppies Wave and
Weeping Window, which toured to London and
Manchester in 2018 to mark the end of the First
World War centenary, the iconic sculptures have
been combined and returned to Imperial War Museum
North. They are now on permanent display as part
of a brand-new artwork, Poppies.
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The Imperial War Museum in Greater Manchester has
become the permanent home of the iconic poppy
sculptures created to mark the First World War
centenary
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Poppies Imperial War Museum in Greater
Manchester
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Text Pictures Internet All  copyrights  belong
to their  respective owners Presentation
Sanda Foisoreanu
2022
Sound Donna Taggart - Jealous of the
Angels
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Jealous of the Angel - Donna Taggart Written
and Composed by Jenn Bostic, Jimmy Fortune,
Zachary Runquist, Barrett Yeretsian
I didn't know today would be our last Or that I'd
have to say goodbye to you so fast I'm so numb, I
can't feel anymore Prayin' you'd just walk back
through that door And tell me that I was only
dreamin' You're not really gone as long as I
believe There will be another angel Around the
throne tonight Your love lives on inside of
me And I will hold on tight It's not my place to
question Only God knows why I'm just jealous of
the angels Around the throne tonight You always
made my troubles feel so small And you were
always there to catch me when I'd fall In a world
where heroes come and go
Well God just took the only one I know So I'll
hold you as close as I can Longing for the day,
when I see your face again But until then God
must need another angel Around the throne
tonight Your love lives on inside of me And I
will hold on tight It's not my place to
question Only God knows why I'm just jealous of
the angels Around the throne tonight Singin'
hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah I'm just jealous
of the angels Around the throne tonight