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As a Canadian, why do you wear the poppy pin in November?

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Four things you should know about wearing a poppy for Remembrance Day. Poppy. Norman Shelton, 1st vice-president of the Quebec branch of the Royal Canadian Legion wears a poppy on his shirt during an interview in Montreal on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes). read more

So, the poppy association is not as relevant to Americans. Veterans Day is to celebrate the living more than the dead. The poppy is associated with the dead, from MacRae's famous poem. And, he happened to be Canadian. read more

In tribute to McCrae's poem, she vowed to always wear a red poppy as a symbol of remembrance for those who fought and helped in the war. At a November 1918 YWCA Overseas War Secretaries' conference, she appeared with a silk poppy pinned to her coat and distributed 25 more to those attending. read more

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