Silk Remembrance Poppy laid in 1921 by Field Marshal HaigThe Green Howards Museum, Richmond, North Yorkshire Nowadays, it is virtually impossible to separate acts of remembrance for World War One from the image of the poppy. This connection was made early on by the...
Silk created as part of ‘The Absent-Minded Beggar Fund’ The Green Howards Museum, Richmond This square of silk reveals a curious story of patriotism at the very end of the 19th century. It is believed that thousands were sold as part of a massive...