
A sea of poppies
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the first world war, British artists created a unique piece of installation art.
From July to November 2014, in the moat of the Tower of London, volunteers under the artists’ direction planted 888,246 ceramic poppies, one for each British or colonial soldier fallen in the War.

The blood swept lands and seas of red
Where angels dare to tread
It’s that image that the artists wanted to represent with this sea of read poppies in downtown London.
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