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

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

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

Memorial Day stems from the aftermath of the Civil War, when Americans sought ways to honor the loss of life from that ...

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

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

The red poppy is often worn on Memorial Day, a tradition started during World War I and inspired by Canadian soldier John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915. In Flanders ...

Riverhead High School’s ceramic poppy art installation has a new home. The red ceramic poppies, hand-crafted by art students since 2021, now grace the main entrance of Calverton National Cemetery.

Emma Dean, a 17-year-old volunteer, organized poppies to be sold through the Louis Larsen Unit 68 Auxiliary before Memorial Day. The poppies are a symbol of peace, sacrifice, and veterans past and ...

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