>>It has come to my attention that poppies aren't worn on Vetran's day in the US. I'd thought that was an international thing.
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>>http://www.canoe.ca/RemembranceDay/poppy.html
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>I thought it was international too, but not according to the BBC, who banned international presenters from wearing them.
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>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4291350,00.html

The reason why I asked the question was that Larry King was interviewing Tony Blair and asked him what the significance of the poppy was. That blew my mind.