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

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

Before it was officially known as Memorial Day, the holiday was widely referred to as Decoration Day. Memorial Day became an official federal holiday in 1971, following the passage of the Uniform ...

LUMBERTON — Retired Army officer Tom Martin delivered the keynote address Thursday at Robeson Community College, where ...

Several events are planned around the region this weekend to commemorate Memorial Day, a federal holiday for honoring and ...

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

Lily and Kimball Burrill of Albany; and Maren DeCato of Bethel represent Bethel and Greenwood American Legions ...

Tribune, I wish to encourage the Sarasota County commissioners to actively seek the purchase of the old Gulf Gate Executive ...

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 1873, New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day as a legal holiday. After World War II, it became an occasion ...