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The Royal British Legion is the United Kingdom 's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces , and their dependants. The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the Ex-Service community. POPPY APPEAL The charity organises a fund-raising drive each year during which artificial poppies are sold to the public who wear them on their clothing. Over the course of the preceding year disabled people are employed making the poppies. The idea of poppies dates back to the poem '' In Flanders' Fields '' about the First World War , after which the Legion was founded. The idea is that the poppys are worn from November to Remembrance Day to remember the fallen of the First World War and implicitly the dead of other wars. ]] SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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