Power of poppies at Tower as 30,000 flowers form poignant VE Day memorial

Whether queen or subject: The British remember the fallen with poppy flowers. Veterans build the flowery works of art.

Power of poppies at Tower as 30,000 flowers form poignant VE Day memorial

BATTERED yet unbowed, the Tower of London became a symbol of resistance and fortitude as the Nazi Blitz raged. Now this citadel — entwined for a millennium in the British national story — has been bedecked with 30,000 blood-red poppies as a stark and moving memorial to mark VE Day. Louis WoodBeefeater Andy Shedden at the poignant display in the Tower of London[/caption] Richard PohleA worker installs the display[/caption] GettyCreator Paul Cummi…

Ceramic poppies returning to Tower of London to mark VE Day

Sprawling fields of ceramic poppies are being installed outside the Tower of London to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. More than five million people turned out to view the exhibition when it was first displayed in 2014 to mark the centenary of the First World War. The original display […]