As CBC searches for B.C.'s best symbol, experts weigh in on how symbols endure over time and their complex histories.

Later that year, the Royal British Legion adopted the poppy as a symbol of remembrance and ordered a million poppies from Guérin in France. Further production in Britain was also commissioned. 6.

The pound was long the symbol of Britain's economic might. The chaos surrounding Brexit, the country's 2016 decision to leave the European Union, has sent the currency falling sharply.

It shows no sign of stopping doing what it does best. "When you think about it, we've got these great symbols of British engineering and innovation, like Concorde and the Queen Mary," says Mclean.

But there was a time when pineapples were a symbol of wealth and opulence unlike any other. ... and the pineapple became the king of fruits — taking root in British culture in more ways than one.

A 12-year-old was sent home from a Warwickshire school for wearing a Union Jack dress on Culture Day, sparking backlash. The ...