The Royal Legion and Twitter revealed a poppy emoji this year aimed to raise awareness of Remembrance Day. The new custom-designed emoji was released on November the 1st and will available until the 15th of November.
It will be automatically added to tweets when users include any of the following globally approved hashtags in their tweets:
#RemembranceDay #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #SaluteOurForces #BehindThemAlways #RemembranceSunday #GetYourPoppy #PortezUnCoquelicot #TwoMinuteSilence #ThankYouForYourService #TYFYS
This year’s Remembrance Sunday marks 100 years since the first Remembrance Day in 1919, a year after the end of the First World War.
Katy Minshall, head of public policy and philanthropy at Twitter UK, said “we are giving people on Twitter the opportunity to join the conversation around Remembrance Day and commemorate those who served their country. By simply including one of the supporting hashtags, a poppy emoji will automatically appear, allowing people to show their mark of remembrance in a single Tweet.". Kay, L. (2019). Poppy emoji launched ahead of Remembrance Day 2019.
-Jessica Daly
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