This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. To support veterans and their family, please visit and purchase a digital poppy. The Immortal Poppy campaign begins on the final Friday of October and ends on Remembrance Day. We promote it by the poppy, and with this we can immortalize the sacrificeвЂ¦of all the veterans weвЂ™ve lost over the years,вЂќ said Chute. вЂњThe Legion is all about promoting remembrance. The Pay Tribute poppy boxes make use of tap technology that allows credit and debit cards to make donations, rather than physical cash.Дigitizing the poppy, Chute said, was an obvious next step. Remembrance Island is a virtual arena in the popular video game Fortnite, featuring landmarks from CanadaвЂ™s role in the First World War. We needed something else in the digital that would reach out to the community, that could be held onto for years to come.вЂќ вЂњWeвЂ™ve had вЂRemembrance IslandвЂ™ to reach out to the youth, we have the Pay Tribute poppy boxesвЂ¦.

вЂњWeвЂ™re in the modern ages now,вЂќ said Freeman Chute, Director, Poppy and Remembrance Division. The initiative was created, in part, to engage with Canadians in the digital realm, an arena into which the Legion is increasingly expanding.Дigitizing the poppy, Chute said, was an obvious next step. Proceeds of the Immortal Poppy campaign go to the LegionвЂ™s poppy fund, used to support veterans and their families.

Each will be presented as a non-fungible token, a type of digital file that is serialized and authenticated on purchase, making each file unique to the buyer.

The poppies will be auctioned off in online marketplaces as limited-edition pieces of digital artwork, with the 100th copy saved for use by the Legion. The petals of the digital flower are 3D and rotatable and bear the names of all Canadian war dead spanning from the First World War. The Royal Canadian Legion has digitized a real Flanders poppy to commemorate its 100th year as a symbol of remembrance.Дubbed the вЂњImmortal Poppy,вЂќ the project has created highly detailed virtual copies of a hand-plucked, fully bloomed poppy sourced from Flanders Fields.

Remembrance poppy drawing