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

Even among the most ardent of sports fans, followers of Philadelphia’s teams are considered extreme. Many of us have heard ...

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.

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

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

Memorial Day, observed on Monday, May 26 this year, is a federal holiday in the United States that is dedicated to honoring ...

Poppies grow well in the Midwest and often by now are showing their colors. The red poppy, called the Flanders poppy, is just ...

Natalie Quinn is striving to make it to the top of one of the world's most demanding sports where women are fighting for ...

School leaders helped break ground on Snider's new athletic facility Thursday morning, launching the construction a new 4,400 ...

Through these last few months learning a new offense, team, and coaching staff, Fields has already shown what made him a ...

Moina Michael was an extraordinary lady. She was a schoolteacher at age 15, and a true patriot at age 48. When WWI broke out, she wanted very much to volunteer ...