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On Sunday, November 11, the world will mark exactly 100 years since the end of the First World War.
Armistice Day, which also falls on Remembrance Sunday this year, will see the Queen, other members of the Royal Family and members of the armed forces travel to the cenotaph.
Across the country, people don poppies in an annual tribute to those who died in the First World War and other wars ever since.
But this act, which must be appreciated as an adorable gesture, also attracts every year criticism from people who think it can be worn "backwards".
Every year, a debate rages on the direction that should take the leaf on poppies.
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Some think that the armistice must be signed at 11 am on November 11 (the eleventh day of the eleventh month).
The TV stars are generally jaded and Morgan's Piers became a popular target after Good Morning Britain's viewers noticed that he was wearing his poppy "incorrectly".
But he is not the only one to be attacked on social media for carrying his poppy to the "wrong" way.
BBC News readers, The One Show hosts and Sky Sports presenters – including Jamie Carragher – have all been criticized for the position of their poppy leaves.
But the truth is that there is no "good" way to wear a poppy.
The Royal British Legion had already had to decide, so many people were criticized.
They said, "There is no good or bad way to wear a poppy. It is a matter of personal choice whether or not an individual chooses to wear a poppy and how he chooses to wear it.
"The best way to wear a poppy is to wear it with pride."
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So, whether Piers Morgan or Jamie Carragher or anyone else chooses to donate and buy a poppy, the most important thing is that they wear it with pride, regardless of the direction indicated by the leaf.
The poppy call began in 1921 when the newly formed Royal British Legion, inspired by the poem In Flanders Fields, commissioned 9 million red silk poppies made by American academician Moina Michael.
The Legion sold the poppies on November 11th of the same year during the very first "Poppy Call". She sold almost immediately and raised more than £ 106,000 – a considerable sum at the time.
Funds raised were used to help First World veterans find employment and housing.
The following year, a poppy plant was created, which employs former disabled military personnel, to make poppies, and is still doing so today.
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