You might see people wearing the poppy, a roundish, red flower on a lapel — especially on the Friday before Memorial Day.

The American Legion Auxiliary in North Platte is honoring veterans by accepting donations for hand-made poppies.

Poppy seeds, long dormant on the battlefields in Belgium and France, bloomed unexpectedly alongside the crosses and inspired ...

More than a century after “In Flanders Fields,” the poppy still symbolizes Memorial Day and is used to honor our fallen ...

The red poppy, or Remembrance Poppy, has been a symbol of lives lost to war since World War I (1914–1918). Also known as ...

The sale of red poppies on Memorial Day began almost immediately after the end of World War I, inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields” by Lt. Col. John McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian army.

In Flanders Fields The Poppies Blow…” These are the opening words of Col. John McCrae’s immortal poem (In Flanders Field) ...

In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses,row on row,That mark our place; and in the sky The ...

The Woodburn American Legion Auxiliary Post #157 helps provide support for veterans and their families. Most recently, the ...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row, / That mark our place; and in the sky / The larks, still bravely singing, fly. / Scarce heard amid the guns below.

Photos of Poppy Days Friday in Cashmere. The poppy tradition originated from the poem "In Flanders Fields ,written by Lt. Col ...

In celebration of National Poppy Day, a drive-through poppy distribution will be Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, at ...