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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a public art installation created in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014. It commemorated the centenary of the outbreak of World War I and consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies , each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War.
In 2014 the Tower of London marked the centenary of the outbreak of The First World War (WWI) with the commemorative art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, which saw the moat filled with thousands of ceramic poppies.
For WWI Anniversary, the Tower of London Has Become Surrounded by a Sea of Poppies. 888,246 red ceramic flowers encircle the landmark structure in remembrance of fallen soldiers
Porcelain poppies surround the Tower of London to commemorate World War I. Dan Howarth | 4 August 2014 14 comments. Thousands of ceramic poppies have been planted around the Tower...
Aug 6, 2014 · The Tower of London is marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I with a dramatic art installation using thousands of ceramic poppies surrounding the battlements....
Nov 7, 2014 · Tower of London poppies: how the Great War memorial became a phenomenon. More than four million people have seen the installation for the First World War fallen and there is a...
May 7, 2014 · Wed 7 May 2014 13.28 EDT. One of the most famous stretches of open ground in Britain, the 16 acres of the Tower of London moat, will turn scarlet this August, planted with 888,246 ceramic...
