PHOTOS: Poppy Project returns to NOTL ahead of Remembrance Day
A few of the many volunteers who make the Poppy Project possible, after finishing their installation at the Old Court House on Monday.
A few of the many volunteers who make the Poppy Project possible, after finishing their installation at the Old Court House on Monday. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
Each poppy installation is made of 10,000 handmade knitted and crocheted poppies.
Each poppy installation is made of 10,000 handmade knitted and crocheted poppies. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
Workers provide a helping hand to get the poppies up at the Old Court House.
Workers provide a helping hand to get the poppies up at the Old Court House. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
The view from underneath the poppy installation.
The view from underneath the poppy installation. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
Another spot where the poppies were installed on Monday, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Another spot where the poppies were installed on Monday, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
More than 40 volunteers have helped make the poppies that are used in the installations.
More than 40 volunteers have helped make the poppies that are used in the installations. DAVE VAN DE LAAR
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It may involve a lot of time, hard work and co-ordination to pull it off, but for the volunteers behind the Poppy Project, their sacrifice pales in comparison to the one made by those who fought on the frontlines of past wars for Canada.

Two weeks before Remembrance Day on Nov. 11, volunteers draped their poppy installation over the front of four locations in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Monday morning, continuing a tradition that started in 2021 with museum members knitting thousands of poppies.

The installations are made up of 10,000 handmade knitted and crocheted poppies, woven together with a netting structure. Making them has taken 40-plus volunteers and 6,000-plus hours of hand labour.

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