WTH? I usually associate red poppies with British dead from WWI.
My mistake on this one. I saw the pic and assumed they were pansies.
Can’t find a reference. Sorry.
Same types had a protest in January against Kamala Harris speaking about climate change, chanting against money to Israelis who kill people in Gaza.
She spoke at Hill Auditorium where I saw a visit by Gene Roddenberry and his wife Majel Barrett in the 1970s, who spoke about Star Trek (no sequels or movies yet). Showed the blooper reel and took questions. He said if all the fans who wanted a renewal of he show were put together you would need ten times as many to influence Hollywood to make a movie. They actually got them and did the film and TV sequels.
Shows Churchill was right: Never give up.
Trying to appropriate another sacred symbol?