"Collaborating with ceramic artist Paul Cummins, Tom Piper has filled the moat of the Tower of London with red ceramic poppies -- 888,246, in all -- one to commemorate each of the young boys who died fighting for the Commonwealth in World War I, which began 100 years ago this summer.
He called the exhibition "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red."
That photograph from the Ministry of Defense looks like a painting, so stunning is this work. Britons are lining up to view this magnificent display that honors those who died for Western civilization in what was then billed as The War To End All Wars.
It did not, but don't blame the soldiers.
Blame the politicians.
Or better yet, blame the pacifists who refused to re-arm and nip Germany in the bud."
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