Poppies at the Tower

This year marked the 100th anniversary since the British entered the first World War. So between July 7th and November 11th, ceramic poppies were placed at the Tower of London, there was a total of 888,246 placed and each poppy represents a fatality. We finally made it out the weekend before they were to be removed. Each poppy was sold for charity for about £25 each and they were all sold.  

 

It was such a beautiful display leading up to Remembrance day.

We could not have asked for better weather on this November morning.

 

This is one of my most favorite spots to visit in London, this bridge is so pretty and the view is amazing.

We arrived in the early morning but after about 2 hours it started to get really crowed so we headed for home and spent the rest of the day at the mall.

Brody was a little disappointed because he thought we coming to see puppies.

 

This installation of poppies was called "Red Swept Lands and Seas of Red and I think it was such a beautiful way to commemorate  all the fallen. It's just a number when you think over 888,000 people lost their lives but to actually see it in a physical form, that really puts it in prospective.