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

The red poppy, or Remembrance Poppy, has been a symbol of lives lost to war since World War I (1914–1918). Also known as Memorial Day poppies, these artificial flowers actually play a big part in the ...

Despite being synonymous with lighthearted fun and the start of the summer cookout season, Memorial Day is also a lot more ...

On Friday and through the Memorial Day weekend, you may see people handing out and wearing red flowers. Here's why.

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

The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor is back on display at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for Memorial Day weekend.

sat down and wrote what would become one of the most famous poems of World War I. “In Flanders fields the poppies blow ...” wrote McCrae. His words are now recited at Remembrance Day ...

Events and services take place around Armistice Day - 11 November - as well as Remembrance Sunday, and the poppy is a frequent ... Colonel John McCrae wrote his famous war poem, In Flanders ...