Remembrance Day, Nov. 11

[D B Campbell]

I think that the wearing of the poppy did indeed start in Canada.

Shame on you, Ewan. :wink: Earl Haig (of "Earl Haig Poppy Fund") was born in Edinburgh and founded the charity in 1921 to support ex-servicemen.
The custom of wearing poppies is (afaik) universal in (former) Commonwealth countries (Australia, NZ, Canada, Malta, S Africa, etc.). I'm not surprised it has spread to the US, too.