Each year in November, the poppy appears on coats across the country. It's a symbol as old as any of us, but where did it come from?

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From Ho in the Volta Region, Alberto Mario Noretti reports that a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Jubilee Park to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. Wreaths were laid on behalf of the President of the Republic, security agencies, chiefs and war veterans.

The poppy flower has long been associated with veterans and their service, but what does it symbolize and why?

This story begins on the Western Front during WWI, specifically around the Flanders region in Belgium where trench warfare and artillery battles took place during The Second Battle of Ypres. The battle lasted for more than a month.