“It’s just one of the many concessions he does annually to apologize for his actions from the early part of the 20th century. Belgium always gives him a big box of chocolates to tell him ‘I forgive you.’
(The German army demolished the city if Ieper, Belgium, as a result of fighting in WWI, not to mention killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and destroying hundreds of years of culture. Around this time every year, there’s a ceremony at the Menin Gate to remember those lost in the battles of WWI, and poppies are the symbol used to remember. Germany paid, for 30 years, to have the city rebuilt at the end of both World Wars, and still pays to this day for poppies to be planted.)” — jessaverant
