As Michigan residents honor fallen military personnel over Memorial Day, many will wear a delicate, red poppy – in remembrance of the lives lost on battlefields where these flowers once grew. "The red ...

As Memorial Day approaches, red poppies begin to make their annual appearance, especially pinned to people's lapels, tote bags or even hats. These colorful flowers, often made of fabric or crepe paper ...

The Friday before Memorial Day is designated as National Poppy Day, commemorating service members. Poppy Day is celebrated around the world but The American Legion brought it to the United States by ...

After the Second Battle of Ypres, when poison gas floated down into the trenches of World War I for the first time, a Canadian soldier saw something surprisingly hopeful. In the rolling fields nearby, ...

Scarce heard amid the guns below. — Excerpt from “In Flanders Fields,” by Canadian Lt. Col. John McCrae The American Legion Darren Tate Post 425 in Canyon will be giving out poppy flowers this ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A sea of red poppies will light up the north frieze and Liberty Memorial Tower at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City beginning at 7 p.m. today. The ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – An heirloom seed company has researched the reason why red poppies became connected to veterans day and given KTAL permission to share the story with you. This story ...

WASHINGTON (Circa) — WASHINGTON (Circa) - The National Mall will play host to a new, temporary monument meant to symbolize the 645,000 American lives that have been lost in conflict since World War I.

Altoona Area High School Lavendia Guo sculpted a heart out of foam and then covered it in poppies for her part of a Veterans Day project led by Saint Francis’ Center of Fine Arts. Mirror photo by ...

Above are the first few lines from the well-known poem, “In Flanders Field.” A Canadian soldier, John McCrae, serving during World War I wrote the poem. At the time, he was stationed in the Belgian ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – An heirloom ...