Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.14.83
Object Name
Leaflet
Title
Remember white poppies for peace
People
Peace Pledge Union
Date
1992
Description
Leaflet titled "Remember white poppies for peace" written by the Peace Pledge Union, with information about white poppies and a form to order poppies, rememberance information packs, and posters.
Founded in 1934, the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) promotes pacifism and nonviolence, educates on conscientious objection, and challenge everyday normalisation and veneration of the military. PPU distribute the white poppy each year in the run-up to Remembrance Day, as a symbol of remembrance of all victims of war, a challenge of militarism, and a commitment to peace. The poppies were first made in 1933 by the Co-operative Women's Guild, many of whom had lost family and friends in the First World War.
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