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A Crimson Sea of Remembrance Marks the Centenary of WW1

For more photos and videos from “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red”, explore the Tower of London location page and browse the #towerpoppies hashtag.

A sea of ceramic flowers fills the moat of the Tower of London (@historicroyalpalaces) to mark the centenary of Britain’s involvement in the First World War. “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper features 888,246 crimson poppies: one poppy for each British or Colonial serviceman who died during the conflict. “The installation is transient,” explains Paul, “I found this poignant and reflective of human life, like those who lost their lives during World War I.”

Each poppy in the art installation has been sold to the public, with £1m each donated to six service charities. Installed over a period of four months by 19,000 volunteers, the final poppy will be planted by a cadet on Armistice Day, November 11. Five million people are expected to have visited during this period, and on Tuesday at 11:00 AM GMT, many people across the world will remember armed forces with a two-minute silence. The installation will be dismantled by 8,000 volunteers starting on November 12, and those who purchased the poppies are being encourage to share photos of their new home on the #MyTowerPoppy hashtag.

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