As a symbol of remembrance, people wear red poppies in November, paying tribute to those lives lost and changed in current and past conflicts.
This gesture, however, has become political in recent years - and one MEP even claims that Brexiteers should not wear a poppy.
His comments have been attacked as "very wrong" and "unspeakably offensive".
The Claim
A Liberal Democrat MEP has suggested that Leave voters should not wear poppies, saying that we take European peace for granted.
In a Twitter post, Chris Davies wrote that he was "cynical" about Brexiteers wearing the remembrance symbol.
The North West of England MEP tweeted: "We wear red poppies for remembrance and hope for a peaceful future (Royal British Legion).
"But the EU provides more than hope, after centuries of conflict it was created to ensure that it must never happen again.
"Am I wrong to be cynical about Brexiteers wearing poppies?"
He later posted that the EU was not created for trade, but to "end the bloody conflict between neighbours".
Davies added: "I am saddened that too few Brexiteers think this matters. We take European peace too much for granted."
The Counterclaim
However, the Daily Mail's Tom Utley calls Davies' tweet "jaw-dropping" and "preposterous".
He says that he speaks for "many millions of Leavers and Remainers alike" by telling the Lib Dem MEP that he is very wrong and "unspeakably offensive" .
Utley argues: "What is so poisonous about Mr Davies' tweet (for which he was forced to apologise after a public outcry) is its suggestion that those of us who voted for Brexit are enemies of peace, and that we don't much care about the possibility of another world war.
"Is no part of our national life to be spared from the acrimony of divisions over Brexit?"
He adds that he is inclined to believe our military alliance has been "more effective in deterring aggressors than the predominantly economic and political EU".
The Facts
The Royal British Legion is hoping to raise over £50million in this year's Poppy Appeal to help support serving and ex-serving members of the Armed Forces. The charity raised this total in 2018.
Donations to the Poppy Appeal have almost doubled over the past decade.
According to the Guardian, the Appeal has raised nearly £3bn in today's money over the course of a century. They calculate that the Royal British Legion has raised £1 every second since the Appeal was launched after the First World War.
This year's campaign will see 40,000 collectors raise money from more than 40m paper poppies, 750,000 remembrance crosses, half a million other poppies, and 100,000 wreaths and sprays.
Red poppies were first used a remembrance symbol in the UK when the Royal British Legion was formed in 1921. Poppies were chosen because they are the flowers which grew on the battlefields in France and Belgium.
The flowers were described in the poem 'In Flanders Fields' by soldier John McCrae in 1915. It begins: "In Flanders' fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row".
The first poppies were made out of silk, and they immediately sold out in 1921 - raising £106,000 for those affected by the war. They were originally made in a room above a shop in Bermondsey, South London.
A year later, a factory in Richmond was set up, employing disabled former soldiers to manufacture poppies all year round.
The 2019 Poppy Appeal will take place between October 24 and Armistice Day on November 11.
