[Barnes]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

The practice of wearing a poppy to remember fallen soldiers is primarily only done in British Commonwealth countries these days, but the idea was first proposed by an American.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15637074



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moina_Michael

Which makes that scene in Boardwalk Empire inaccurate. C'mon Scorcese!