POPPY ALTERNATIVE FOR FRANCE: LE BLEUET

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Although it is reported that France showed solidarity with the U.S.A. in 1920 (and again, with other World War One Allies, in 1921) by wearing the Remembrance Poppy, it is cornflower (le bleuet) which was eventually adopted as the country's memorial flower. The young French army recruits, who arrived at the Front from 1915 onwards,…